After a Whirlwind Few Years, Anna Weyant Is Content to Live in Her Dollhouse World
Anna Weyant, the young painter known for her dollhouse imagery, has taken her fascination to a new level by building actual miniature houses. In an interview with Cultured, she describes how a broken antique dollhouse gifted by her boyfriend, musician Jason Isbell, sparked an all-consuming hobby. Weyant discusses the meditative yet frustrating process of crafting tiny tiles and wallpapering rooms, noting that unlike her paintings, the dollhouse is a project she makes entirely for herself. She also reflects on the gendered perception of dollhouses as unserious craft, linking it to the work of Robert Gober and the metaphor of control.