Elliott says:

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve had this obsession with containing things. I used to make Warhammer scenery and just loved the idea you could take this huge expanse of space and shrink it down. It was amazing to me. It isn’t about control, as much as being able to get close to something you can’t ordinarily grasp. My head is constantly filled with ideas, so much so my brain almost hurts, to the point that I just have to get it out. Sometimes I do that through drawing or making music or designing a tattoo. But, for me, making miniatures has turned out to be the thing that gives me the most joy. Before I make a scene, I visualise it in my head and have to sort of live inside that world for days, weeks, just imagining all the details. Then, I need to bring to life. I’m most inspired by horror. I just find so much beauty in something grisly, whether it’s rubbish or decay or death. I feel like there's an untapped beauty in that that is overlooked. For me, there is so much beauty in colours and composition and light, especially in things that are so grim. Maybe there is more beauty in things that you have to look hard at to find because there is more to be amazed by. For me, it’s about extracting beauty from something unexpected and then containing it in a way that means someone else can access it too. It’s only through making miniatures that I feel I have finally been able to unlock the muddle in my head. Now that I have, I feel like I have been released. It's compulsive and addictive. I would say miniatures have turned my life around. I feel like I am happier now because I can access this imaginative world inside my head in a positive way. Maybe there is a secret therapy in miniatures. It has saved me in my most dark and depressive moments.