Big adventures in a small world

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In the Forest – Episode 1: Answering the Call

Wherein the weight of a small world rests on some extremely tiny shoulders. I made about 30 different attempts of creating the first episode of this story. While I always had these two main dolls (Kestrel – “The Keeper” is… Continue Reading →

Betwixt 03: Life with Pixies

Among the Flowers 04: Daisy and the Secret

In our last episode with Daisy, she was starting to dimly recall memories of her early childhood – a day taking pictures at the lake and a dark shadow falling over her. We join her again a few weeks later…. Continue Reading →

Starting Fern’s Story – Adventuring with dolls

It seems I often find my dolls like this, sitting in chairs (or benches, in this case) waiting for their adventure to begin. In Fern’s case, she’s about to start a grand-ish adventure, if I could just figure out what… Continue Reading →

In the Pictures 03: The Chase

***** This episode marks the first time I can recall when I completely ran out of inspiration. The girls sat for weeks on my desk, with no clarity at all on what they were going to do. It was the… Continue Reading →

Underfoot 05: Underfoot and Under Bed

In our last episode, Cosette befriended a rat, and the whole team spent the night in the sewers under Paris. We continue our story on the next morning. *** For all of my fussing about Mathilde this week, clearly my… Continue Reading →

Betwixt 02: The rescue

***** I was worried all week that the pieces of this episode wouldn’t come together – right up until the last few days, I didn’t actually have a plot – but, in the end, I’m pretty happy with how everything… Continue Reading →

Among the Flowers 03: Adrift on the Endless Sea

Camellia’s story continues, as she finds herself adrift on an endless sea *********************** One of the hardest parts of creating a story built around actual figures that I can see and touch, is that I feel an enormous weight when… Continue Reading →

On Our Own 02: Willow’s Story

In the Pictures 02: A New Leaf

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