Dear Dolly is the passion project of Hannah Melville-Weatherbee, a Rhode Island based artist who works all day in a veterinary hospital, and spends each night in a tiny teal walled studio, creating tiny things. Dear Dolly was inspired by a family heirloom, an antique locket, once belonging to her female ancestor. Melville-Weatherbee describes that “by placing a tool for documenting within something as personal and as treasured as a locket, I hope to honor the women and girls who once wore these pieces, while I continue to record my own visual stories and encourage others to record theirs.”