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***** 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 →
Writers have a blank page. I have this: A couple characters and prop. Just . . . looking at me.
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 →
I’m always struck by the strength and range of personalities in my dolls’ faces. From the still sadness of Camellia, to Ester’s inscrutable wide-eyed stare: each one brings their own history and their own future. But only one of them… Continue Reading →
***** 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 →
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 →
Once it starts raining in Oregon, all of my photography moves indoors. That means that, for my larger dolls who are too big for set-building, I use a lot of stock photos as backdrops. You can see some of them… Continue Reading →
I’ve been spoiled by the easy access to great paintings, which formed the backdrop of Rosie’s adventures. Almost any great artist you can think of has the bulk of their work in the public domain. Not so for other works… Continue Reading →