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Monday, February 25, 2013

Best Diorama Supplies-Woodland Scenics

From trees to vehicles to figures, Woodland Scenics is the premiere supplier of diorama and scale model materials.  Their extensive collection of kits and accessories, like the Basic Diorama Starter Kit, will help get your project off the ground or add the finishing touches to your masterpiece.
Woodland Scenics Basic Diorama Starter Kit


Bases are sold separately from most of their kits, so be sure you have a base to get started.
Pop-Up Diorama Base-Woodland Scenics
Woodland Scenic Foliage and Grasses kit
The Foliage & Grasses kit includes :forest green accent, green grass, spray bottle, project glue, sifter, foliage fiber, yellow flowers, bushes, wild grass and instructions. While the Mountain Making Kit has everything you need (minus a base) to start sculpting terrain.
Mountain Kit-Woodland Scenics
For more info: visit the Woodland Scenics Website and be sure to check out their collection of video tutorials.

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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Mike Ko-iPhone Diorama


3D artist and animator, Mike Ko, made this charming iPhone diorama video and details his process on his website.


iphone- diorama from Mike Ko on Vimeo.

Friday, February 22, 2013

Peeps Diorama Contest-Deadline Approaching

Hurry up Peep-le you have until Monday Feb. 25th 2013 to enter your Peep Art to the Annual Washington Post Peep Diorama Contest.

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/peeps


Thursday, February 21, 2013

Paolo Ventura-Photographing Small Worlds

 Italian photographer Paolo Ventura constructs unique worlds and then takes amazing photographs of the dioramic landscapes.

from Paolo Ventura-the Automaton

from Paolo Ventura-the Automaton
from Paolo Ventura-Winter Stories

 Here is a behind the scenes look at the artists' process.


Paolo Ventura on Winter Stories from Aperture Foundation on Vimeo.




Sunday, February 10, 2013

The Invention of the Diorama-Daguerre and Bouton

In 1822 Louis Daguerre , a painter and stage decorator, along with painter Charles Marie Bouton, invented "realistic illusion shows" or Dioramas.  Together they opened The Diorama in Paris a venue to show their large scale panorama paintings, with special light effects.
woodcut of The Diorama Paris, c. 1830






With light, forced perspective and a couple cranks of moving mechanisms, Daguerre and Bouton turned paintings into moving scenes.

Painting: Ruins in Fog, Charles Bouton c.1823

Here is a video recreation of the Daguerre and Bouton Diorama. Although, the video is in French (without subtitles)-it requires very little translation, as it visually demonstrates the technique that Daguerre and Bouton invented, which is clearly the precursor to modern cinema.


                           

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Mario Batali's Super Bowl Meat Diorama

Mario Batali, chef and co-host of "The Chew", tweeted a picture of this meaty diorama made in celebration of Super Bowl Sunday.  

Batali/Twitter

Friday, February 1, 2013

Diorama Artist Donates Work to Museum

Diorama Artist, Peggy Burnett, 81, donated what was once a hobby of capturing childhood memories to a Heritage Museum in Utah.  Read the Full Article Here.

photo Spenser Heaps- One of  Burnett's dioramas on display at the Orem Heritage Museum .  

One of Peggy Burnett's dioramas, entitled "The Borrowers" after the children's fantasy novel, on display at the Orem Heritage Museum on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Burnett has been making dioramas since the 1970s.