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L'HISTOIRE DE KARINA
La Maison des Souris a été faite à la main par l'artiste Karina Schaapman (1960). Karina voulait créer un livre pour enfants. Non pas avec des illustrations, mais avec des photographies de scènes d'une maison miniature 3D faite à la main pour les souris. L'histoire de Sam et Julia était déjà écrite dans son esprit.
EN 2008, KARINA A COMMENCÉ LA CONSTRUCTION DE LA TOUTE PREMIÈRE MAISON DES SOURIS
She built it out of cardboard boxes and recycled materials. Room by room this world of mice became larger en more realistic. After three years of building almost fulltime the first Mouse Mansion was completed. The original mansion is two meters wide and three meters tall. In 2011 Karina's dream became a reality. Her Mouse Mansion was photographed and the first book in The Mouse Mansion series was published: Sam en Julia.
Now there are twentytwo books published, and the original Mouse Mansion is on display in the Mouse Mansion shop & mini museum in Amsterdam.
She built it out of cardboard boxes and recycled materials. Room by room this world of mice became larger en more realistic. After three years of building almost fulltime the first Mouse Mansion was completed. The original mansion is two meters wide and three meters tall. In 2011 Karina's dream became a reality. Her Mouse Mansion was photographed and the first book in The Mouse Mansion series was published: Sam en Julia.
Now there are twentytwo books published, and the original Mouse Mansion is on display in the Mouse Mansion shop & mini museum in Amsterdam.
Karina's world
Julia's appartement is largely based on Karina's childhood home. This home filled with love and creativity forms the foundation of the Mouse Mansion. Loads of Mouse Mansion stories find their origin in Karina's childhood memories. She is the daughter of a single mother, an immigrant from Indonesia. The loving atmosphere in their home was set in sharp contrast to the outside world, where both Karina and her mother were heavily discriminated against. With The Mouse Mansion Karina has created the world of inclusivity and friendship that she so desperately wanted as a child.
Dans ses mots : « La Maison des Souris est le monde dans lequel je voudrais que chaque enfant grandisse. »
Julia's appartement is largely based on Karina's childhood home. This home filled with love and creativity forms the foundation of the Mouse Mansion. Loads of Mouse Mansion stories find their origin in Karina's childhood memories. She is the daughter of a single mother, an immigrant from Indonesia. The loving atmosphere in their home was set in sharp contrast to the outside world, where both Karina and her mother were heavily discriminated against. With The Mouse Mansion Karina has created the world of inclusivity and friendship that she so desperately wanted as a child.
« La Maison des Souris est le monde dans lequel je voudrais que chaque enfant grandisse. »
LA MAISON DES SOURIS EST...
...un refuge sûr
...un monde inclusif
...un lieu de curiosité
...une histoire d'amitié et de communauté
UNE VIDÉO SUR KARINA
A family run company
These days Karina is not alone in her efforts to spread the philosophy behind The Mouse Mansion. Since 2018 her four children are a large part of this journey. Family run business The Mouse Mansion Company is actively pursuing dreams of introducing Sam, Julia and their neighbours to the whole world.
plus sur l'enterprise familiale
