The doll's house - and not by Henrik Ibsen!

Today I was really lucky while visiting the local museum
in nearby Rygge.
On the second floor, for a few short weeks this summer,
Ms. Solveig Gulbrandsen is showing us her skills in
making dolls' houses. Dolls' houses to be looked at,
not to be played with by children.



Recreating rooms, often from old times, Solveig
Gulbrandsen is finding the right materials and
techniques to do it.
Imagine using a silk thread and knitting needles
as thin as sewing needles to knit a Norwegian sweater
with the traditional patterns!
Amazing!
It is all so tiny, you can't really understand how her
fingers and eyes can do it.



She told us that she goes abroad on special exhibitions
for those interested in this hobby. There are not that
many Norwegians doing this, but it is a common hobby
in Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain and the States,
she told us.



There is something wonderful in being able to build
a three dimensional model of a room that gives you
a feeling of history.


It makes the room real.
It makes you study the details of each object.
It makes you aware of each object.



It makes you admire the skills of the person who has
done such a good job.