Dolls have existed for centuries as idealized, polished representations of femininity. They reinforce the expectation that women should always be beautiful and composed, confined to carefully crafted household and domestic roles. This project draws from that history, creating a series of five carefully staged rooms that expose the cracks within those ideals. 

Each image represents a different room in a dollhouse, including a bedroom, bathroom, living room, kitchen, and attic. As the doll progresses through her day, she experiences a gradual unraveling of the expectations placed upon her. Wallpaper starts tearing from the walls, objects fall out of place, her possessions start breaking, and she starts to realize that the world she inhabits is not as perfect as it appears. By the time she uncovers the attic – a cluttered, eerie dollmaker’s workshop filled with disassembled doll parts and unpainted furniture – it becomes clear that the ideals governing her world are artificial and deliberately manufactured. The doll becomes aware that her entire world and identity have been shaped by expectations that are impossible to meet. As the visual narrative unfolds, the Dollhouse becomes a metaphor for the manufactured nature of femininity, calling attention to how societal ideals are constructed, imposed, and mass-produced like the plastic dolls that have shaped our image of womanhood.