Miniature Artisan
Angela Law
About Angela Law
"Just a little bit about the Miniature Artisan, Author and Time Traveller ....."
Angela Law: Luxury Miniature Artisan, Author and Time Traveller
A renowned miniaturist who specialises in 1:12 scale historical furniture and Dollhouse making as well as standalone miniature work and museum pieces.
Works includes scratch-built, handmade and re-purposed pieces that reflect many historical periods, including Tudor, Medieval and Georgian; also creating one of a kind fantasy/Objet d'Arts pieces.
Also producing commissioned and one-off pieces for private collectors worldwide. Angela Law works can be found featured in well known magazines, articles and books globally.
Image: Angela Law - August 2023
Skillset
"All of my miniatures are handmade. I do not use laser cutters or 3D Printers, this is my personal preference as I feel handmade cannot be replicated. Each handmade piece uniquely and singularily has the warmth and care of the maker within its form. I am of the firm belief that imperfection is beauty.
My skillsets include, Lathe work (Bed Posts/furniture legs etc), Pyrography (combined with Stencil/ink/paint), Carving. The image opposite shows some of my combined Pyrography/stencil and paint/woodstain work with both pieces including an original Italian Renaissance pattern taken (carbon stencil) from an antique wooden box.
I love to explore the castles and great houses of Europe to discover exquisite furnishings and interiors (often with pencil and paper in hand as well as my trusty camera).
I also have an eye for past antiques and discarded woods (including forest floor finds) that can be salvaged and either re-purposed or partnered with my handmade miniatures to create One of a Kind Combinations. This means I can move between fully scratch built, handmade, repurposed and restoration works. I adore rummaging through the internet, flea markets and antique fairs to source materials suitable (often enabling me to use materials dating back as far as the Tudor period).
I use a mixture of woods, however my favoured wood types are Pear, Walnut, Olive and Rosewood (salvaged or forest floor found).
As a former primary school teacher, I understand and encourage the magic of one's imagination combined with the echoes and remnants of the past, sharing and encouraging a discovery of history through miniatures."
The Story Behind the atelier Name: Dandylion
"The name Dandylion is a tribute to our three cats which we had the joy of cohabiting with for between 11 and 21 years.
Each of our cats were what I would call “Dandy”, as they were all in the firm belief that they were Lions of superior status and therefore should be treated accordingly (by all). They were of course correct.
Our first cat (the Dandiest of fellows) was a rescue cat who had been inappropriately named Dandelion (when he was more of a DANDY LION), that it seemed appropriate for me to name my miniatures after him and in doing so honouring all three of our Dandy fellows (who in turn watched over many a miniature project). Look carefully and you may see them represented now and then during your visits to Dandylion Minatures.
My work is often simply represented by my own name - Angela Law - however Dandylion is the ever present Atelier."
Photograph - Lulu, Tigger Ted, Flatty (Dandelion)
The Angela Law Dollhouse
Created between 2008 and 2010, it was one of three dollhouses made from salvaged Rosewood during this period. The Angela Law Dollhouse is one of my earlier dollhouses, but its story did not end when the house itself was completed.
Over the years, I have continued to create, collect and add to its interiors, gradually furnishing and decorating the rooms with handmade furniture, architectural details, fixtures, fittings and miniature objects.
As a result, the house has become an evolving collection of my work — bringing together pieces made at different stages of my miniature career alongside carefully collected artisan pieces, antique and vintage miniatures.
Many of the dollhouses I have created since have been designed as finished architectural shells, allowing their owners to develop their own interiors. This house is different. It is my own personal dollhouse, and its rooms have been progressively developed and furnished by me over many years.
With more than 1,000 individual miniature pieces (and growing), it represents not simply a dollhouse, but an extensive and very personal collection of my miniature work.
You can view more images/videos of this particular dollhouse by going to "The Angela Law Dollhouse" on the main menu.
In loving memory of Stephen Law — my husband, my best friend, my protector, my person and my still water.
The sudden and totally unexpected loss of my husband (who died in our much beloved home where I discovered him). Every miniature I created, and every page I finally dared to write, exists because he believed in me long before I believed in myself. With love, humour, and endless encouragement, he gently pushed me toward the life I was afraid to claim. You are with me always — most genius, most foolish heart. Save a place for me.
4th September 1965 – 17th May 2026.
