My Life In Miniature

My obsession with all things miniature began as a child when my mum built me a dollshouse. The joy of collecting tiny objects from dollshouse fairs and hard to find shops was endless.

This passion and hobby (along side a love of theatre and performance) led me down the path to a degree in Theatre Design at Wimbledon College of Art, learning and developing skills in set model making along side costume and lighting design. My life in miniatures continued.

Beyond university my career took a less than linear path. I worked for a few years as a theatre designer working for award winning immersive theatre companies such as Punch Drunk and You Me Bum Bum Train.

In 2009 I retrained as a secondary art and design teacher and went on to work in a Pupil Referral Unit in Camberwell for 3 years.

in 2014, post a short return to theatre design, myself and a fellow designer opened a cafe in South London.

I eventually took time out to start a family and Christmas 2020 I decided that my 4 year old daughter was ready to inherit my childhood dollshouse so I set upon its renovation. The miniaturist in me was re-discovered and the rest they say is history.

I now work across a variety of miniature specialisms and scales keeping a strong sense of sustainability in the forefront of my practice.