I’ve been obsessed with small mechanical tricks for as long as I can remember — the kind of thing that fits in your hand and transforms a simple sketch into a tiny world. This pocket-sized parallax viewer is one of my favourite make-at-home projects: compact, cheap, and surprisingly magical. It...
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I love giving small, ordinary objects a second life, and matchboxes are one of...
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I love tiny things that feel like they hold secrets — miniature books are one...
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I love teaching short hands-on sessions that leave people with something...
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I love small mechanical surprises — the ones that make you tilt your head and...
I love a small, tactile trick — something that makes a viewer pause and tilt their head, then smile when the hidden thing is revealed. This project is one of my favourites for that exact reason: a magic picture frame that looks like a normal...
I love little tricks that feel like small, domestic miracles: a message that appears and vanishes, an ink that fades like a ghost. Disappearing ink effects are perfect for that — they’re cheap, safe (when done sensibly) and wonderfully...
I’ve always been drawn to the slightly imperfect, inky warmth of vintage lithographs — the ghostly registration shifts, the subtle halftone screens, and the way colours sit on the paper like old memories. Recreating that look using a modern...
I love small, quick projects that still feel like miniature acts of magic. This pop-up scene uses a single sheet of paper and can be made in under 20 minutes — perfect for an afternoon break, a handmade note, or a tiny theatrical surprise tucked...
I love photographing small, reflective objects — tiny painted metal robots, glossy ceramic miniatures, varnished paper dioramas — because they sit right at the intersection of craft, light and illusion. But glare and nasty reflections can...
I love the tiny, quiet moments when a small object suddenly seems larger than life. Over the years I’ve learned a handful of tricks to make miniature sculptures read as deeper and more three-dimensional than their actual thickness — and one of...