Kate Pinsent began to develop her 1/24th dolls in 2005. The dolls are fully posable and are made entirely from metal with twisted steel joints. This means that they are not only robust, but the posability gives them life and character as seen when they are put in to groups.

Kate has a range of standard types of dolls, for example a Tudor Merchant Family and a Tudor Kitchen Group, but also enjoys creating new characters from reference books and photographs. She is happy to make a doll to order, either from one of her previous dolls (although it would not be identical as all the dolls are individually painted and dressed), or an original character to a customer's specifications.

Kate is the daughter of dollmaker and illustrator, Jill Bennett and has dressed her 1/12th scale dolls for many years. Kate still works for her mother and has taken over Jill's previous business, J Designs, The J Designs dolls are 1/12th scale with porcelain heads and metal bodies. Kate will make them to order although only a few can be viewed on this website.(see image on right)

To visit Jill Bennett's website and her 1/12th scale dolls please follow this link www.jillbennettdolls.co.uk or click

To find 1/24th houses have a look at www.petite-properties.com or click

Artisans in miniature are a group of online miniaturists www.artisansinminiature.com or click