Maya briefly trained as a professional model making assistant at Custom Model Railroads, a company in Baltimore specializing in manufacturing model train layouts and custom build kits, most often in HO scale (1:87). Since then, Maya has worked on architectural models and makes her own custom surrealist miniature landscapes. She mixes different scales and environments in a peculiar way to disorient the familiar. Maya often uses a method called “kit bashing” which is a technique where parts from various model kits are combined to create a new, unique model.
Below is the documentation of the miniature world built for an outdoor installation in collaboration with Some Clouds, a seasonal curatorial gathering focused on the temporality of exhibition and display, programmed by Chloe Ginnegar. This specific work was shown along the LA river and was later used as a set for stop-motion animation music videos for the musician Runnner.
Models worked on while at assisting at Custom Model Railroads in 2017.
