Corporate Lawyer Quits Job to Create Stunning Miniatures

Emily Boutard quit her full-time job as a corporate lawyer to make tiny architectural models and furniture. She lives in Melbourne, Australia and studies architecture. Author of the little architecture website, Boutard’s work is varied. In addition to the miniatures pictured here, she has completed private projects that include doll houses, miniature working theaters, commissioned miniatures for collectors, and installations for businesses.

If you find Emily Boutard’s miniature creations inspiring, check out her tutorials and try your hand at creating a tiny world of your own.

 

 

“There is this moment when people see a well constructed miniature: a surprised drawing-in of breath, a disbelief that something so small could look so real. This is what I chase.” -Emily Boutard, artist