Hola my mini lovin folk!! My name is Lindsay (@schitt.to.shine) and I'm so excited to be a guest this year at the Portland show! Aside from my creative endeavors,  I am a fire wife and mother to four top notch humans. I never knew this miniature world existed,until I started redoing furniture in 2020. I stumbled upon a broken, sticker filled dollhouse and thought...I wonder if I could redo that and add a dollhouse to my list of shined schitt! I was hooked!I found my creativity flowed best in redoing dollhouse furniture and turning bags of random things found thrifting into dollhouse wonders! I was recently featured in Flea Market Decor magazine, the summer edition, for my plastic toy flips...my hope is to inspire different perspectives when looking at even a simple child's toy! I can't wait to meet more miniature loving friends and take in all of what Portland has to offer!

Lara Blair is a Northwest-based, gallery-represented artist working in small scale, known for her story-driven shadow boxes and miniature scenes. She hosts Tiny Worlds, Big Stories, interviewing miniaturists from around the world about their work, process, and creative lives. She also publishes a monthly newsletter, Small by Design, highlighting exciting things happening across the miniature community. For fun, she’s remodeling a Brooklyn townhouse dollhouse—filling it with over-the-top decor she’d absolutely consider in real life. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tinyworldsbigstories?app=desktop&ra=m Website: https://www.larablairartstudio.com/shop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larablairartstudio/https://www.instagram.com/tinyworldsbigstories/

My name is Miriam Stone Wilson, and online I’m known as Miniature Werewolf. I’m a Seattle-area miniaturist, diorama artist, and visual storyteller who creates tiny scenes that are joyful, strange, funny, and just a little off. My love of miniatures started early, encouraged by parents who built several dollhouses and helped me see the magic in tiny worlds. During the pandemic, I reconnected with that childhood love and began building the work that became Miniature Werewolf. I work mostly in 1:12 scale with materials like wood, clay, paint, leather, paper, and found objects. My work explores what I call “optimistic darkness,” using humor, surrealism, and social critique to create miniature spaces that invite people to look closer. One of my best-known pieces is a miniature post office hidden inside a parcel locker, featuring an octopus postmaster named Wanda. That diorama went viral and introduced my work to a wider audience, but it also taught me something deeper: how much delight hidden art and “sidewalk joy” spots can bring to people in everyday places. The name Miniature Werewolf comes from my large, evolving project, The Werehouse, a semi-autobiographical retelling of Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf staged inside a dollhouse. In my version, Red Riding Hood is the werewolf, and the story explores identity, personal transformation, and the strange power of becoming yourself. I’m excited to be part of the show as a guest and to share my tiny, story-filled worlds with the miniature community!

Carl Sahlberg is a nationally recognized miniature artisan, electronics specialist, and founder of CR2S (Creative Reproductions 2 Scale). Since launching CR2S in 1999, Carl has become a leading expert in dollhouse electrification, designing innovative LED lighting systems, custom circuit boards, miniature ceiling fans, wall switches, and specialized wiring components used by hobbyists around the world. Known for his exceptional craftsmanship and hands-on teaching style, Carl has wired some of the hobby's most impressive creations, including the award-winning "The Sahlberg," a fully hardwired 12-volt dollhouse on display at the Museum of Miniature Houses. Through workshops, in-home wiring consultations, national miniature shows, and contributions to Dollshouse World Magazine, Carl continues to inspire miniature enthusiasts by sharing his expertise and helping bring dollhouses to life with safe, realistic, and innovative electrical systems.

Rachael Harms Mahlandt is a mom and artist living in Portland, OR. She's best known as the creator of Sidewalk Joy, a project mapping the interactive installations people add to their neighborhoods to bring joy and whimsy to passersby. She has several dioramas in her yard and loves to do miniature public art. Rachael has been featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show, NPR, ABC News Worldwide and more. 

Alysha Kaplan is the creator of Maple & Moss Miniatures, where she rescues, restores, and reimagines vintage dollhouses. What began with a single discarded house grew into a deep passion for uncovering the people, memories, and histories hidden inside these tiny homes. Her beautiful work is rooted in the belief that restoration is about more than just saving an object. It is about honoring what came before while making room for a new story to continue.

Alysha is also the author of the new book, Carried Forward: The Stories We Keep in Small Spaces. While the book features miniature homes, it is not just a book about dollhouses. Through the stories of seven houses and the people connected to them, Alysha explores memory, family, loss, love, and the ordinary objects that become keepers of our history. Part restoration journal and part reflection on what we choose to preserve, Carried Forward asks what happens when an object outlives the moment it was made for—and what it means when someone chooses to carry its story forward.

Special Event: Join us for an exclusive Book Signing with Alysha immediately following the presentation! Copies of Carried Forward will be available for purchase at the PNW Miniature Shows - Portland. Online through Amazon & Barnes & Noble.

Teah Cory is a Portland-based stop-motion animator, puppet fabricator, and puppeteer who explores the expressive possibilities of handcrafted objects and miniature worlds. After studying puppet fabrication and performance in New York, Teah relocated to Portland in 2024 to pursue a career in stop-motion filmmaking.

Their work has received support from the Oregon Arts Commission and the Creative Talent Network’s Scholarship for Puppet Filmmakers. Through this scholarship, Teah developed the stop-motion short film At the Other End of This.

Meet Teah at PNW Miniature Shows – Portland on Saturday and Sunday, where they will bring several short scenes to life through live stop-motion animation. Visitors can watch the animation process unfold in real time, see puppets from Teah’s previous films, and get a behind-the-scenes look at new characters and works in progress.

Stop by, watch miniature worlds come to life, and ask Teah your questions about puppetry, character creation, and stop-motion filmmaking!