What if the girl who was swallowed by the wolf… grew up to become one?

In this episode of Tiny Worlds, Big Stories, Lara talks with Seattle-based miniaturist Miriam Stone Wilson, the imaginative force behind intricate public dioramas, including Postmaster Wanda, an octopus running a hidden mailroom inside a neighborhood parcel locker. We also talk about a stunning two-era Seattle home created for Vanishing Seattle at Bumbershoot.

Miriam grew up in the Pacific Northwest imagining tiny woodland creatures, magical cottages, and bedtime stories told nightly by her father. These stories would later become her first miniature build: "Mrs. Witch’s Cottage".

In this conversation, they explore:

• Growing up in Santa Fe and the Olympic Peninsula surrounded by handmade dollhouses
• Why miniatures take longer than full-scale art
• Public art, parcel lockers, and honoring the USPS
• Research as a creative superpower
• Why libraries are perfect places for tiny worlds
• Tutorial Tuesday and the generosity of the miniature community
• The difference between being “artistic” and calling yourself an artist
• Creativity in turbulent times
• And her ambitious new project: a perimenopausal retelling of Red Riding Hood through a Jungian alchemical dollhouse

This episode is about magic.
About transformation.
About humor in the face of chaos.
And about building the worlds we want to live in — even if they fit inside a box.

If you’ve ever believed tiny things hold enormous meaning, this one is for you.

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