Beginning September 2nd, the first Thursday of every month The Mini-Time Machine will be exending its hours till 8pm. Hope to see you there!

In recognition of our 1st anniversary, on Wednesday September 1, 2o10, The Mini-Time Machine Machine will be offering 1/2 off admission.

Half off admission valid only on 9/1/2010. Museum hours are 9am-4pm. No coupon necessary. No rainchecks allowed.

Join us Thursday evening from 6pm until 7pm at The Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures and learn how to make a mini scrapbook album with multiple pockets. This album is a mere 5 1/2 inches square and makes a great gift or a substitute for boring, generic store bought cards.

When:  Thursday September 2, 2010 6pm-7pm

Where:  The Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures

Cost:  $10 ($8 for museum members)- includes admission to museum, materials and supplies and pdf of tutorial to take home. Registered participants will have admission access to the museum from 9am till 8pm on day of class.

Additional Information:

In this one hour class, an instructor will take you through the steps to create a Mini Pocket Album. Paper, embellishments and the required tools will be provided during the class for each registrant to complete one album.

There is room for up to 30 mini photos in this album. Please bring your own photos already reduced for this project* or you can complete the step of adding your own photos at home. A print out of the tutorial will be provided at the end of the class so you can keep on making your own Mini Pocket Albums.

*recommended photo size is in the range of 1″ x 1.375″ (portrait or landscape). You can use most photo editing software to resize your pictures to this size and print multiples on a page or take them to a place such as Kinkos and ask them to reduce them for you.

This class is restricted to persons age 14 years or older.
Class is limited to the first 25 registrants.
There will be no refunds for cancellations after 8/26/10

Click the link below to register and pay online with a credit card. For more information or to pay over the phone, please call 881-0606

Special thanks to Laura Denison for allowing us to use her Mini Album Multi Pocket Envelope Tutorial for this class. See her other fabulous projects at www.followingthepapertrail.blogspot.com

August 14, 2010 1pm-4pm

Local miniature artist, Dottie Eagley will be at The Mini-Time Machine demonstrating how to create miniature daffodils, geraniums and other flowers. Included with museum admission. Free for members.

Artist Bio

Dottie Eagley has been an avid miniaturist since the mid-80s.  After retiring from elementary school teaching (27 years in Arizona), she opened Old Pueblo Miniatures and ran that store for almost fourteen years.  During that time, she taught many classes and also brought in some of the industry’s finest instructors (including Williamson/Walton-Marble and Peter Westcott, who had repaired and presented the Thorne rooms now on display at the Phoenix Museum of Art).  She also traveled to take classes from such fine artisans as Brooke Tucker, Era Pearce, Sue Ann Thwaite and Whitledge and Burgess among others.

During the month of August, The Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures will celebrate Tucson’s 235^th birthday with a special exhibit titled Remembering Tucson.

Remembering Tucson, an exhibit in honor of Tucson’s birthday, will include pieces from local miniature artists: Tom Bulow, David Donnelly and Dirk Arnold; whose work reflects Tucson’s architectural history. The exhibit will be on display at The Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures during regular museum hours from August 3, 2010 through September 4, 2010.

On Saturday, August 21, 2010 from 1:00pm-4:00pm, the three artists will be at The Mini-Time Machine to meet the public and birthday cake will be served. This program is included with regular museum admission.

More information about the artists:

Tom Bulow has worked in the fields of fire service, healthcare and construction among others. Art has always been a part of his life with his most recent pursuits being hand carved miniature replicas. Mr. Bulow’s hand carved miniature replica of the San Xavier Mission in the 1:30 scale will be part of the exhibit in August. Also on display will be Mr. Bulow’s hand carved miniature replica of a 1903 Tucson Chemical Wagon and a miniature replica of a 1919 100’ Aerial Ladder Fire Truck.

David Donnelly has ventured into many endeavors in his life including United States Military Service, model railroading, painting, sculpting and service at the University of Arizona. Even though his eyesight has declined, he has not given up on his hobbies. The Mini-Time Machine will be displaying his scale replica of the San Xavier Mission which took him over 1,360 hours, spanning five years to create.

Dirk Arnold builds models of endangered architecture and signage in Tucson. His miniatures, framed in shadowboxes, are approximately HO model railroad scale. The architecture may be from any time period, but the initial focus is toward post-war commercial structures which are in danger of demolition, replacement, or remodeling. Mr. Arnold’s replica façades of Old Main at the U of A, The Little Café Poca Cosa and Rainbow Bakery, AKA the Confuscian Temple, will be part of the Remembering Tucson exhibit. Click here to visit Mr. Arnold’s website.