Field guide No. 056
Sole performance
Tonight only, in satin.
A pink ballet slipper on velvet opens onto a tiny opera house: red curtains, a chandelier and a dancer mid-pirouette.
Field noteModel theatres are a Victorian toy. Putting one in a slipper is a matter of glue.
Also possible, also breaking scale
Dew courseModel boats and model rowers are an established hobby. The leaf is merely large.
Precious courtCourts can be built to any size; players are the limiting factor. These ones fit the ring box.
The hourglass bakeryAn hourglass with flour runs as well as with sand. The village is a baker’s centrepiece.
Crescent moon in the midnight galleryPlausibly a lit sculpture. If it’s the actual moon, the plinth is coping very well.