Miniaturist Tinky

Melbourne’s most well-known and celebrated miniature artist, Liz Sontag, also known as Tinky, is coming to Frankston for the first time as part of the 2024 Big Picture Fest.

Tinky specialises in taking vintage objects and assembling them with figurines and word play to create humorous dioramas. Miniature construction works might gather to fix a broken egg shell, or emergency works may tend to the victim of a giant cigarette butt.

It has been said that Tinky’s miniature dioramas add a sense of surprise and wonder to the streets, with unlikely installations on a pipe or window sill, in a gutter or a hole-in-the-wall.

You can find two of TINKY’s artworks at the Frankston Library and Cube Gallery; or explore the laneways and streets of Frankston’s city centre to find 8 more works created for the festival!

Check out Tinky's work on Instagram