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This particular diorama is about food insecurity, and the worrisome notion that we might all have to be eating insects sometime in the future! Today I’ll upload the other 3 images I have made that deal with food insecurity.

Restless and pandemic-weary, I began the diorama project in a small lightbox I had built in my front garden in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Each week for a year I created and installed a new diorama. I had seen kids struggling with their mental health as they witnessed the many challenges facing our society and I wanted to help. With the diorama project, in my own small way, I attempted to provide a safe place for kids to begin a dialogue with adults on some of these challenges, about which they might be anxious, confused, or fearfuI.

Climate, food security, housing, technology and loneliness are among the important issues I explore through my dioramas. I draw the viewer in with a playful and lighthearted touch, using miniature animals, dolls, and toys in bright coloured environments. I believe that this method of presentation allows mature topics to be discussed creatively and productively. At the heart of each diorama there is a drama, a story to be told, and it is up to the viewer to decide what that drama is. All interpretations are valid.

i am in the throes of creating a book that adults and children 8+ can share together. Accompanying each photograph will be its title and one thought-provoking question to get the discussion started.

Description
This particular diorama is about food insecurity, and the worrisome notion that we might all have to be eating insects sometime in the future! Today I’ll upload the other 3 images I have made that deal with food insecurity.

Restless and pandemic-weary, I began the diorama project in a small lightbox I had built in my front garden in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Each week for a year I created and installed a new diorama. I had seen kids struggling with their mental health as they witnessed the many challenges facing our society and I wanted to help. With the diorama project, in my own small way, I attempted to provide a safe place for kids to begin a dialogue with adults on some of these challenges, about which they might be anxious, confused, or fearfuI.

Climate, food security, housing, technology and loneliness are among the important issues I explore through my dioramas. I draw the viewer in with a playful and lighthearted touch, using miniature animals, dolls, and toys in bright coloured environments. I believe that this method of presentation allows mature topics to be discussed creatively and productively. At the heart of each diorama there is a drama, a story to be told, and it is up to the viewer to decide what that drama is. All interpretations are valid.

i am in the throes of creating a book that adults and children 8+ can share together. Accompanying each photograph will be its title and one thought-provoking question to get the discussion started.