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A new interest based on small details

Oakling

I have always been interested in miniature things and drawn to small things. As a child, I’d always buy the smallest toys in the shop (when given the chance). My drawings and sketches were always small. My woodworking projects are always on the smaller side. And throughout my life I have collected small objects and liked to study things that capture my interest in minute detail.

I have recently stumbled across watching restorers of watch mechanisms at work on YouTube- it’s fascinating! The specialist tools, magnification lenses and the mechanisms themselves are all incredible! So precise. It’s wonderful to see such craftsmanship, and to understand that these small mechanisms have been around for quite a while, relatively speaking of course, is quite amazing- especially when considering the tools available in the earlier years.

Do you have any new interests that you get the same satisfaction from?

Also, does anyone else get the interest in small, but precise, objects? I just find them immensely satisfying. The idea of carrying something so carefully constructed, or formed naturally (rocks and minerals), around in my pocket, quite wonderful.

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  • Have you given model ship building a try? It's small and they are interesting and fun to construct, if you have a steady hand. I'm on strong medicine now which causes my hands to shake, so I can't do this at the moment but I used to and it was a lot of fun and I loved building them. I like putting things together, the same reason why I collect Lego.

  • in reply to KittyCandy

    I’d really like to give this a go at some point. Ships in bottles interest me too. I have also seen mechanised wooden models recently. These look really interesting and full of details that would be fun to explore. 

    I can understand your interest in Lego too. Lots of really intricate sets to collect. 

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