Lotte strides through the rubble of her city like a living anchor. She radiates the reliable promise of stability and a future: In her strong, feminine appearance, men see a woman who bestows new life and offers a solid home. She exudes security and support without a single trace of self-sacrifice. Lotte possesses the rare gift of forming structure out of chaos. It is precisely this balance that makes her so captivating: She is the woman who provides support without losing her own footing.

Summer 1943: While the cities sink under the hail of Allied bombs, the countryside remains largely quiet. Working as a midwife, Lotte lives on a sprawling old farm deep in the Hessian province. The war sends only silent harbingers: Every now and then, a stray aerial bomb tears deep craters into the nearby fields—but the old walls of the farm remain spared. Lotte pitches in everywhere on the farm. She helps in the kitchen, tends to the livestock, and holds together the community of fate made up of farmers' wives, maids, Eastern workers, and prisoners of war. Far from any romantic rural idyll, the rhythm of nature sets the pace and dictates the harsh everyday life. But as soon as a birth is announced, Lotte hops onto her rickety bicycle and hurries through wind and weather, day and night, to the most remote farms in the region. Between boiling water and the first cry of the newborns, Lotte learns to form structure out of chaos—a strength she will soon carry back to the city.

Historical Research

TinyLives characters are fictional, yet they are strictly based on the documented, everyday realities of civilian life. In-depth historical research and the lovingly crafted individual biographies form their human foundation. They give the character its identity, and the miniature its soul.

Hybrid Sculpting Workflow

The symbiosis of all available analog and digital tools for unsurpassed precision and authenticity: Generative technology establishes the proportions as well as organic facial expressions and gestures. This foundation clears the way for what is essential: the uncompromising, character-defining detailing of classic 3D sculpting. This is no digital shortcut, but rather the logical path to maximum anatomical and natural realism.

Precision 3D SLA Printing

Production is executed in premium BERGSWERK quality on high-resolution SLA multi-printer systems with an ultra-fine x/y/z resolution of less than 20 µm (<0.02 mm). Perfect calibration and targeted, intelligent anti-aliasing ensure maximum print quality, sharp details, and mirror-smooth surfaces as if cast in a single piece.

High-Performance Resin

The perfect balance of detail accuracy and resilience: The skin-toned premium photopolymer resin creates smooth, satin-matte surfaces that capture even the most delicate structures with razor-sharp precision. At the same time, its mechanical toughness provides the prints with enormous stability, significantly reducing the risk of breakage during handling.

Post-Processing

The direct route to your workbench: Every miniature leaves BERGSWERK carefully cleaned, fully cured, and freed from all support structures. Due to the production process, tiny contact marks may remain, but these can be effortlessly removed or smoothed out using a sharp scalpel and fine sandpaper.

The BERGSWERK Essence

Every TinyLives character is carefully researched, lovingly designed, and crafted with heart. They are the result of in-depth historical expertise, human creativity, and the transparent, purposeful use of all meaningful analog and digital technologies of our time—and I hope that is exactly what you see.