Vanessa says:

I can’t afford a real Georgian house, but I would love one that I could fill it with wonderful items. I can’t so I make it in miniature. If I can’t find what’s in my mind’s eye, I make it. I can replicate my fantasies and make them a reality. I find the development of technique so gratifying and with miniatures, I can test myself both academically with the research and creatively with the making. It gives me an escape from the requirements of life. I use it as an excuse to avoid the daily chores and self-care that I find mundane and vacuous. There are so many reasons why I feel the need to make something out of nothing and produce another little world that I can look in and wonder at. I don’t imagine myself in these worlds; I am just a voyeur. I think, ‘How lucky you are to live in such a perfect, neat, curated, wonderful little world’. Sometimes though, I can’t help but get sucked in and play! I move things around and get lost in a world of whimsy and imagination. I feel freer and more positive about real life afterwards.