Self-Initiated: Street Scene - Research

Collecting research around my book idea. Moving away from a factual story about Kristin Baybars' toy shop and starting to build a fictional world about a street and a forgotten toy shop.

• Maggie Rudy - 3D illustrations using anthropomorphic mice and intricate scenes. A similar process to mine. Look into how she photographs, edits, prints and publishes.
• Houses - looking at buildings and streets, how to light rooms and decorate interiors. Diverse range of building types. Find some real streets! Take photographs and visit streets. What makes it magical? What makes it nostalgic?
• Fictional shops/streets - Bagpuss (toys come to life), Camberwick Green (miniature worlds, twee), Mr Benn (magical costume shop amongst a regular street), The Miniaturist (a story about a miniature furniture maker with supernatural sight/knowledge).
• The beauty of the toy shop - childhood, nostalgia, independent, old, dusty, handmade.