Anna Weyant's Dollhouse Obsession: From Paintings to Miniature Craft
Anna Weyant, known for her paintings featuring dollhouses, has taken up the actual craft of miniature-making. Over the past year, she has become deeply involved in building and repairing dollhouses, starting with an antique dollhouse given to her by boyfriend Jason Isbell for Christmas. Weyant describes the process as meditative and low-stakes, similar to solving problems in painting. She builds her own tiles, wallpapers rooms, and edits details meticulously. The dollhouse project is the first she has made entirely for herself, without dolls inside. Weyant acknowledges the historical association of dollhouses with female craft and notes that she admires Robert Gober's dollhouses. The cover of Isbell's album 'Foxes in the Snow' featured a dollhouse. Weyant sees the dollhouse as a space for control, contrasting with metaphors of being trapped.
Key facts
- Anna Weyant has become immersed in miniature-making over the past year.
- She received an antique dollhouse from boyfriend Jason Isbell for Christmas.
- Weyant builds her own dollhouses, including tiles and wallpaper.
- The project is the first she has made for herself, without dolls.
- She compares the process to painting, solving one problem after another.
- The cover of Jason Isbell's album 'Foxes in the Snow' featured a dollhouse.
- Weyant admires Robert Gober's dollhouses.
- She sees dollhouses as historically associated with female craft and not serious art.
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- CULTURED
Locations
- Nashville