Miniatures

Restoration...

I'm not sure if the title applies to the house or to me - certainly, working on my 40 year-old house is proving somewhat restorative to...

Restriction

Recently, I answered a callout on Curatorspace to take part in an art project led by artist Amanda Lynch, in partnership with Clayhill...

Les Petites Folies

These little heads have been sat in my studio since last Autumn, waiting patiently to be finished. And here they are! Each one is press...

My First Doll's House

When I was a child growing up in the 60s and 70s, doll's houses were a familiar sight in everyday culture. But even then, I suspected...

Work in Progress...

Until recent decades the most disappointing aspect of miniaturism was the figures. What you got offered were either stiffly moulded,...

Safe as Houses...? [part 2]

(Read part 1 here) Not a horror story, but still one which evokes a sense of unease and anxiety, is Katherine Mansfield’s short story,...

Safe as Houses...?

A troubling history of the doll's house from a woman's perspective.

How it all started...

Like many artists I found 2020 a rollercoaster year in which periods of despair alternated with brief episodes of frenetic productivity...