I love tiny dioramas. There’s something deeply satisfying about conjuring a whole landscape in a shoebox or a matchbox — and making water that looks convincingly deep is one of my favourite tricks. Over the years I’ve experimented with resin, varnishes, layered gloss and translucent silicone....
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DIY Projects
I make a lot of small theatrical paper things in my studio—mini stages,...
DIY Projects
I’ve been photographing tiny scenes for years — little paper theaters,...
DIY Projects
I’ve always loved the small mechanics that make something feel like a little...
DIY Projects
I’ve been photographing tiny things for years — tiny sculptures, paper...
I love adding little moments of surprise to my tabletop scenes, and one of my favourite tricks is a convincing miniature fog that hugs buildings, creeps through alleyways or pools in low spots. After a lot of tinkering I've settled on a simple,...
I love the little surprises that happen when a flat surface suddenly looks like liquid—when paint, paper or a tiny vignette becomes a glossy pool of reflected light. Lately I’ve been photographing small “resin water” scenes for...
I love the quiet little shock of a tiny figure suddenly flipping through the air as if pushed by some secret breeze. Getting that flip to read as a single clean loop — with the thread invisible, the movement smooth and the mechanics entirely...
I love tiny theatrical moments — the quiet drama of a stage, the surprise of a scene that appears when you open a card. Designing a fold-flat pop-up theater that fits in an envelope and blossoms into a staged scene is one of my favourite...
I love photographing small worlds. A tabletop diorama is a stage where light, scale and story meet, and with a smartphone you can make images that feel cinematic and tactile — rich depth, soft creamy bokeh and a sense of place that pulls the...
I love the soft, dreamy look of sun‑bleached cyanotypes — those faded indigo prints that feel like memories captured on paper. But sometimes you want that same weathered, botanical, salty texture on a prop or in a collage without dealing with...
I teach a lot of short, pop-up workshops where people of wildly different ages and abilities come together around one tiny, brilliant problem: how to make a little cardboard automaton that moves. Ten minutes sounds impossibly brief, but with a...
I love making miniature water because it’s one of those deceptively simple effects that can transform a small scene into something believable and alive. Over the years I’ve settled on a workflow that pairs clear poured epoxy for depth and...
I love making small, peculiar objects that ask you to lean in. This whispering box is one of those pieces: a humble recycled tin that, when opened, seems to breathe a secret sound — a soft click, a distant bell, or a barely-there voice. The trick...
I like to keep a small maker’s kit with me almost all the time — tucked into a coat pocket, a camera bag, or the little pouch of my tote. It’s not a full studio (thankfully), but it’s enough to fix a torn postcard, rig a tiny prop for a...