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I can’t even begin to express how deeply special this Emmy win is for this project in particular. Namely, because it involves my handcrafted work—a piece of my world, a piece of my heart…and thus, a piece of me.

Thank you to TARGO for taking interest in my work and reaching out to collaborate on this truly unique experience. A huge team effort went into taking my physical models and turning them into something that you could interact with and experience in virtual reality.

Admittedly, when they initially contacted me, I thought it was just another spam email that somehow got through to my inbox and almost didn’t open it. Needless to say, I did and at first, thought they just wanted to work with my models, but when they said they also would like for me to host the experience, I was confusingly like, “Me?”

When I finally said yes, we kicked it off right away and in just a little over a year’s time, we went from production to an Emmy. Wild.

I really want to send a huge THANK YOU to my spouse aka life-partner-in-crime, family, friends, and everyone who’s ckrafted alongside me and who’s followed my ckrafting journey. It’s been a REALLY long time coming which makes this moment such an incredible milestone in my side-life, double-life, Maker career. Actually, it feels more like my main storyline, while everything else are just odd jobs, haha! ;)

Shoutout to our makeup artist @cherlynmae — thanks for making us look so purrrdy on this special night. 💁🏽‍♀️

All that to say, here are some little blips from
our night at the 78th Creative Arts Emmy Awards. 😎

Enjoy!

#emmywinners #miniatures #craftingcrimes #carolkras by @carolkras

Here’s a little blast from the not-so-distant past (even though it feels like forever ago, lol) when I designed/prop-styled some LEGO fruits for a BuzzFeed Tasty project.

I also consulted on the stop-motion execution and directed all the stop-motion animation shots for this piece.

During the shoot, a few people dropped by the prop table to marvel at the LEGO fruits and everyone who came by all asked if I used a pre-designed kit to make the fruits and the answer was and still is “no”.

All of them were made from scratch and all the parts were sourced by yours truly. The only thing I used kits for was for certain pieces I wasn’t able to source in large quantities, along with the pieces I used for the strawberry stems.

I had two weeks of pre-production and spent about a week of that just building the fruits and by the end of it, my fingertips were so super, super tender.

And even though they were made of LEGO, the fruits looked so juicy and delicious and left me wanting to take a bite each time I saw them, haha.

Needless to say, this is definitely one of my favorite projects to date because it combined two things I’ve always loved: LEGO and stop-motion animation. It also gave a me a really good challenge and I enjoyed every minute of it. 😎

Enjoy! by @carolkras

A 360 of a miniature post-apocalyptic setting that I’m casually building between projects.

It’s a personal project that I’m using as sort of an “exercise” if you will, in my down time that I’d like to eventually use as a backdrop for some kind of stop-motion fictional series.

I was going to build out a hallway for this set, but I think I’m going to skip it for now and begin another piece to start adding to this miniature post world.

I’m between a gas station/convenient store or a laundromat — which one do you think I should tackle first? 🤔

#miniature #miniatures #diorama #artsandcrafts #postapocalyptic #postapocalypse #dioramas #artdirection #miniaturist #abandoned #decay #scalemodel #scalemodels #modelmaker #insta360 #insta360onex2 #storyteller #videoproducer by @carolkras

POV: Descending the stairs of my miniature Lizzie Borden House 👀

It always feels so spooky to put this camera inside my models. I recently reexamination this case from the perspective of the architecture — see my latest, full Lizzie Borden House video at the link in bio! 🔦

#miniatures #lizzieborden #carolkras #miniature #spookyseason by @carolkras

•.Smile.•

It’s one of those things where I don’t hit record and just let my mind wander and my hands work and then suddenly — seemingly out of thin air — a thing appears from my being lost in the magic of creation…

Our abilities, gifts and talents are lent to us, never mistake it for something that is yours to keep. I learned one day what it felt like to not have my creative superpower, and it was an unforgettable feeling; and when it was finally returned to me, I vouched to never take it for granted.

So, here you go — a tiny, vintage camera because it is my duty, haha.

Say, “cheeeese!” 📸

#miniatures #modelmaker #miniaturist #theckraftz #carolkras by @carolkras

In order to “see it to believe it”, you must first, “believe it to See it…” -CKR-

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Makeup by @cherlynmae by @carolkras

I am beyond words—all I can say, is this happened...

So grateful to be a part of this journey. I’m often building away with my head down, and what a wonderful thing to find when looking up.

To see my miniature models, the things I made with my hands, find their way to a collaborative project with the truly talented immersive filmmaking team at TARGO, who translated them into a unique digital experience, go on to win an Emmy for Outstanding Innovation In Emerging Media Programming—I couldn’t have dreamed it.

Thank you to our amazing director Chloé Rochereuil for finding interest in my work and inviting me on this journey.

Congratulations to our awesome producer Victor Agulhon, experience designer Rob Morgan and to the entire team, and everyone who touched the project...truly, remarkable job and a well-deserved recognition for all the hard work that went into making Crafting Crimes a (virtual) reality.

Finally, thank you to the Television Academy and to the jury for recognizing Crafting Crimes. What an honor it is to be a Juried Winner for the 78th Emmy Awards.

Cheers!

#miniatures #virtualreality #modelmaker by @carolkras

One of my favorite things to do is to light my miniatures and compose a shot.

To me, there’s nothing like entering my small world through a lens and being further transported into it by carefully shaped rays; light that falls gently, outlining and accentuating that which hides in the dark. Revealing only silhouettes that bleed into the murkiness, taking on new shapes and forms — they are transformed — just enough to make you wonder what is there…

Here are some throwback production stills from my series, Miniatures & Mysteries: The Wonderland House.

The Wonderland House has been exhibited at a national museum and served as the source material for an award-winning VR experience.

I’m looking to expand my documentation of real estates with dark history in miniature from all around the world. If you know of any that I should look into, shoot me a message.

And until I return again from swirling in the clouds, enjoy this tip of an iceberg from a rather dense catalogue of thingz from my small world.

-C-

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#miniatures #miniature #modelmaker #wonderland #wonderlandhouse by @carolkras

I’m honored to share that Crafting Crimes, an immersive VR experience featuring my miniature-based recreations of real-world environments, has received a Webby Award for Best VR Headset Experience.

This project represents a continuation of a practice I’ve been developing for years—working with miniatures as a visual and narrative language to reconstruct space, narrative and interpretation.

What began as physical recreations of real environments in miniature form has evolved into an immersive experience where audiences/users actively construct each environment like a puzzle while narration guides the unfolding context.

The medium has shifted, but the core intention remains: building spatial narratives that invite deeper ways of seeing.

Shout out to my collaborators at TARGO for their vision and precision throughout the process. This work exists because of a shared language between craft, technology, and storytelling.

It’s encouraging to see miniature-based methodologies expand into new forms of immersive storytelling, and I’m excited for what this direction continues to unlock.

Thank you to the Webby Awards for the recognition—and to everyone who has supported the evolution of this work.

#miniature #miniaturist #modelmaker #worldbuilding #webby by @carolkras

In the spring/summer of 2025, I collaborated with TARGO, a filmmaking/immersive storytelling production team on "Crafting Crimes", a Meta Quest VR experience which brings a few of my miniatures that covered real-life cases to a 3D virtual space, where you learn about their dark history through a combination of interactivity and observation.

Not only was episode 3 of “Crafting Crimes” announced at this year's SXSW, but is now available for Quest headsets at the Meta Horizon Store, along with the very super cool “Explore Mode” both ready to be experienced within the app!

In this mode, you’re able to enter the miniatures and explore them somewhat ‘life-sized’.

And, not knowing what to expect, when I first experienced the explore mode, it was so wild and bizarre to me to be inside my models, and given their dark history, it was admittedly a little spooky and a bit freaky, initially. 🫣 The production team did such a remarkable job translating my pieces into a 3D virtual environment, capturing all the details and the tone of the spaces phenomenally; truly elevating a way to experience them.

If you’re into VR and have access to a Meta headset, be sure to check out, “Crafting Crimes” for a truly unique storytelling experience featuring my minis and produced by the extremely talented immersive storytelling team at @targostories.

If you get a chance to experience this, I would love to hear your thoughts!

#carolkras #craftingcrimes #vr #vrstorytelling #miniatures by @carolkras

3ONE8 // ‘tis the season

A dump of bits n’ pieces:

.1 & 2. 40THREE • been looking forward to meeting her

.3. “EX YOU” art by Šejla Kamerić

.4. (no) G R A V I T Y just Interstellar

.5. A rainy day in Versailles

.6. Born Day

.7. The Anniversary

.8. A rainy day in Paris

.9. Look up from time to time

.10. Getting to experience Hans Zimmer composing live was truly magical. To hear some of the movie scores I absolutely love in person performed by the man himself and his exceptionally talented band of musicians was a remarkable moment in time.

.11. A book that was gifted to me from my mother and sisters on my birthday when I was a child that I’ve held on to. It’s always fun to flip through it on the anniversary of my born day.

#3ONE8 #bornday #pisces #318 by @carolkras

Oh, hello there, Dallas.

‘Twas great times celebrating the lil’ sister none of us ever had. 🤗 by @carolkras