Andy Evans
It’s Halloween Every Day
by Pam North 
Andy Evans loves Halloween and witchy themes, and collects them as 1:12 scale miniatures. He first became interested in miniatures about 10 years ago while browsing eBay one day. He was amazed and intrigued by the skill and craftsmanship of the handmade items offered online, and from that moment he became dedicated to collecting miniatures. “As much as I love making miniatures, I am more an avid collector,” he explained. He found that he particularly enjoyed creating spooky and witchy miniature objects and scenes as a main focus, and he usually devised them to include a nice friendly witch. “I enjoy collecting high-quality, handmade miniatures, and I particularly love character dolls made by Gudrun Kolenda, Marcia Backstrom and Philip Beglan,” he explained.
Evans lives in England, and works in a contact center in the gambling industry, providing customer service and telebetting services to one of the largest bookmakers in the UK and across the world.
His family members support his miniature obsession fully, even though every room in his house has a room box or miniature scene as a focal point. “I honestly believe that my family wondered if I was going mad when I went out and bought a box of clay and paints. My very first creations were really quite comical; however, as time and more practice was invested even my family acknowledged that I can be quite creative. I often send my handmade miniatures to a number of friends here in the UK and across the pond in the US. I have some wonderful friends who really keep me going with their positivity and praise. His workplace is simple: “On the sofa, with a tray on my knee while watching TV. The kitchen also is an often used workspace, but this is not so good though, as I am always being told off by my partner for getting glue all over the place.”
Combining home life, a professional career, and miniatures can be difficult. “I usually only get the opportunity to invest time in creating miniatures on weekends, or when I go on holiday, Evans lamented. “I love relaxing in the sun with a load of craft goodies to keep my mind occupied. I enjoy the creativity involved with working with  miniatures; it is a forever quest to make the perfect miniature scene.”
Finding inspiration doesn’t always come easy for him. “I often think it is not the making of them which is so difficult; it is coming up with the concept of what to make next. I often get ideas first thing in the morning when lying in bed getting ready to tackle the day ahead.”
Evans attends all the UK miniature fairs, and one day hope to get to the big show in Chicago.
Parting with his creations also is hard for Evans. “Every miniature that I have made has a little piece of my soul in it, but I love to share my minis with my friends and my Facebook contacts. I often send my handmade miniatures to a people across the pond in the US and also here in the UK ”
Evans expressed concern with the future of miniatures. “I honestly worry about the future of handcrafting miniatures. as you don’t always see commercial miniature products available. I worry that this fine art form is going to be swamped with the new digital age. I hope I am wrong, however,”

Contact Information:
Email: andy_evans1979@hotmail.co.uk
Phone: 07703 797 422 - UK code 0044
Address:  11 The Crescent, Bolton Upon Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 8HS, England