About Us

Our names are Marisa and David and we love to create unusual items like these up-cycled suitcase dollhouses. We live in Queanbeyan, NSW Australia.

We have a love of hand made things, of cutting and sanding, painting and building. We love to make old things new again - give them a new lease on life, make them useful again, gorgeous again, loved again. That's why building these dollhouses is perfect for us.

We each have a background in building - David in carpentry, Marisa in miniatures - and together these dollhouses make an awesome use of our skills.

We were awarded an ACT National Trust Award for 'Significant Contribution to ACT Heritage' at the end of 2021 for our Canberra Miniatures.


Articles

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Messy Nessy Article on Suitcase Dollhouse
 RiotACT Article on Suitcase Dollhouse
 Canberra Times Article on Suitcase Dollhouse AG Gallery Blog on Suitcase Dollhouse
Canberra Business Network Article on Suitcase Dollhouse Canberra Weekly Article on Burley & Brave


Festival of Ambitious Ideas Talk by Suitcase Dollhouse		 Cool Kiddy Stuff Article on Suitcase Dollhouse

 Cool Canberran Sellers on Etsy Article

Marisa Martin

Marisa is primarily a filmmaker, animator and film designer, with a strong love of miniatures.

Marisa has fifteen years filmmaking experience is highly skilled in various types of production including animation, production design and illustration. Marisa splits her production time between animation and live action projects. Marisa has also run the Lights! Canberra! Action! Filmmaking festival for eighteen years.

David Tynan

David has experience in carpentry, archaeology, building and management.

David likes to build things. Awesome things. All kinds of things. He has developed a love of all things tiny since working with Marisa, but he has a history of building awesome tree-houses, beautiful fairy castles and lovely wedding photo-booths. A huge variety of skills and equipment mean that David can build just about anything.

OTHER PROJECTS

Burley and Brave | Canberra Themed Products

Enemies of Reality Films

Marisa Martin | Art & Design

Burley and Brave

Enemies of Reality Films

Marisa Martin Art and Design