Stories
The scale is small. The feelings are not.
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After her father dies, Piper keeps a notebook to catalog the world around her — butterflies, neighbors, the quality of afternoon light. Observation is the only form of holding on she knows.
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A small hero, a creature companion, and a journey through a vast and twilit wood. A fantasy adventure at the scale of a held breath.
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Three sisters figuring out how to look after each other after their mother dies. Warm, episodic, and quietly funny — each chapter stands alone.
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On just letting my characters be kids for awhile, or the start of an endless summer..
While I always had these two main dolls (Kestrel and Wren) I had several other elf-like BJDs on the quest when I first started
I’ve recently learned how to get more out of Lightroom, and am using it more often to adjust my shots.
Worlds built
by hand
Small Life Stories is a self-published photographic novel series made entirely at 1/4 scale, using handmade sets, miniature props, and dolls as characters. Each story is shot in chapters and published here as it’s made.
The work sits somewhere between photography, sequential art, and the picture book tradition — borrowing from all three without quite being any of them. The scale is small. The feelings are not.
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