Home Sweet Dollhouse
Home Sweet Dollhouse
The Dollhouse
The Dollhouse
Amena the Storyteller
Amena the Storyteller
Introducing... Maple!
Introducing... Maple!
Louisa's Friend, Maple
Louisa's Friend, Maple
Building a Crankie in East Baltimore
Building a Crankie in East Baltimore
From Meteors, From Mountains
From Meteors, From Mountains
Home Sweet DollhouseIn Spring 2017, Michelle Housel and I sewed a couple dolls and built this cardboard dollhouse for Taproot Magazine!
The Dollhouse"The Dollhouse" was dreamed up for the 2016 Baltimore Crankie Festival at The Creative Alliance in Baltimore. My partner Matt built a dozen individual rooms out of reclaimed wood that surround my childhood dollhouse, center. I designed each room to mirror my 2-d illustrations. The attic features Sue Truman's matchbox crankies.
Amena the StorytellerThis is a crankie I made for the 2017 Crankie Festival at the Creative Alliance in Baltimore. It tells a story I wrote and illustrated about a girl who lives in pre-war Syria. The folktales her grandmother tells are real folktales that were collected by the Hakawati Project from Syrian refugees in January 2014. You can read them here: chwb.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/CHwB_SyriskAntologi_eng_low.pdfOver the course of 2017 I'd like to re-illustrate this story in greater detail and turn it into a children's book. 
Introducing... Maple!I hosted a naming contest on instagram for a new paper doll and made this mini video to announce the winning choice! Check out my hashtag, #louisareaches to see Maple's friend.
Louisa's Friend, MapleA mini video featuring two paper dolls I illustrated! Check out my hashtag, #louisareaches on instagram to see more of their adventures!
Building a Crankie in East BaltimoreA month following the 2015 uprising in Baltimore, a response to the death of Freddie Gray, my partner and I made a crankie with a group of middle schoolers from East Baltimore. We asked them to share their experiences and what they might change about Baltimore, given the chance. Filmed, hosted and produced by McKenzie Ditter, Matt Muirhead and Emily Uchytil. To read the article associated with this experience, order the SONG issue of Taproot Magazine at taprootmag.com.
From Meteors, From MountainsThis was a collaboration between my partner Matt and I for the 2014 Crankie Festival at The Creative Alliance in Baltimore. It tells an imaginary history of our neighborhood at the time, Hampden.
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