Welcome! Lantern Hollow Crafts is a place to tell the stories of haunted locations and objects – whether real or imagined, remembered or long-forgotten – through the process of crafting dioramas, book nooks, and other spooky creations.
What tales inspire you?
DIORAMA
Inspired by Planet Weird’s series Hellier, I created a half-scale replica of an abandoned train tunnel.
So just what is behind this miniature build? Appalachia.
It has a way of drawing the curious into its mysterious realm.
The landscape's beauty overshadows tales of strange occurrences, with many involving
mine, cave, and tunnel entrances.
It is here that our long-abandoned tunnel sits quietly in a pocket of forgotten time.
And it is here that our story begins.
DIORAMA
Do you like strangeness? Mysteries? A cursed effigy thrown in perhaps? This 1:12 scale diorama of Greg Newkirk's old office is a snapshot suspended in melded timelines. It was fun to peer into the insanity, if only for a brief moment. Definitely my most difficult build to date (but also my favorite)!
DIORAMA
A bit of haunted history! Previous location: Seven miles south of Savannah, GA in Chatham County on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Rumored to be haunted...
DIORAMA / BOOK NOOK
Yes, it’s technically both a 1/24 scale diorama and a book nook, depending on the angle you’d like to display it. The premise: A spirit travels through the mirror between the present and the past, yearning for the warmth and memories that are no longer...
DIORAMA / BOOK NOOK
Have you ever wanted to visit a place but it was impossible to travel there? Or maybe it just doesn’t exist? Why not build it ourselves!
DIORAMA
A 1:24 scale diorama inspired by the horror thriller film “The Black Phone” starring Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, and Madeleine McGraw. The fear-inducing 2021 release has both terrifying and paranormal elements that give it a unique twist...
DIORAMA
This was an unplanned endeavor that I felt like sharing with you all! Join me on my journey to construct a magical fantasy diorama (using pieces & parts from previous projects) to give a mysterious pewter Wizard figurine* that I found in an antiques shop a proper home...
DIORAMA
My creepy monk figure was the perfect “Shadowman” (I can’t justify it as one word, but here we are) for this project and at 1:12 scale, aptly fits the theme...
MODEL
The challenge was how to design it without any dimensions when you’ve never even done any of this “arting” before???
DIORAMA / BOOK NOOK
One video in particular filmed at haunted Madison Seminary (Madison, OH) caught my attention – and also got my creative wheels turning...
MODEL
(My very first mini!) Recently, I had this brilliant idea that I would start making “haunted” miniatures...
