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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...

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 Vim...

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/peep...

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:...

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/Twitt...

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...