Night with the Fairies

This year for the first time I submitted an entry for the HBS Creatin' Contest 2021.

Concept:

A child's lost 1:12 scale dollhouse becomes the home and mask shop of an enterprising 1:24 scale fairy. The “bones” of the contest kit made me think of old Bliss houses and the concept of a mixed-scales build developed from there. I redesigned the structure based on kit. The exterior “Bliss” inspired artwork was designed and hand colored by me, applied to the structure and then aged in place. Interior mixed scales are 1:1, 1:12, and 1:24.

The story:

When young Bonnie was called away from her playtime, the dollhouse became lost and could not find her. It waited where she had tucked it out of sight. It waited through the seasons, the winter rains and the long heat. It waited through the wasps who built nests and raised their broods, and it sheltered the snails who sought its cool interior and the mushrooms that sprouted in the semi-darkness. It waited until it found the fairy Lydia, and then it welcomed her to make her home within.

The invitation on Lydia's vanity read “Your presence is requested for a Pleasure Ball.” A Pleasure Ball! Lydia made dozens of masks for other revelers to wear to the ball. Soon they would arrive in her shop to choose their perfect disguises. Soon she would change into her floral finery and join them for the festivities at the Night with the Fairies pleasure ball!