My name is Alison Fleming and I now live in Lancashire, where we moved from Sussex in 1988.I began making big porcelain dolls in 1985, and switched to miniatures in about 1993, when I started buying moulds from the USA.
I was teaching classes in porcelain doll making and dressing from about 1986, but when I started miniature dolls, I found that most people wanted to dress them, rather than make them from scratch, (there were a LOT of breakages in the green ware stage, and most students couldn't cope with the tiny painting!), so I stopped teaching the porcelain side and concentrated on the costuming. I have taught classes all over the UK, at British Miniaturist's Weekends, and also in Spain and the USA. Aside from dolls, I also teach other miniature projects, and write occasionally for the Doll's House Magazine.
I love building dolls houses from scratch, and enjoy almost every aspect of miniature making except perhaps Polymer Clay, which I have never really got to grips with! All my attempts at sculpting have ended up in the bin!
I like to make the dolls I get an inspiration for,  and hate having to make more than perhaps 2 the same. I love the Victorian/Edwardian ladies costumes, and revel in the extensive research necessary to get the right look. 

I do sell my dolls, privately, or through my website, mostly to finance my (mini) habit! :o)
Alison from Accrington
Travelling Tutor
GSOLFOT ABC*. A.S P.I.
Tel: 01254 385751

Website : www.pipmin.plus.com