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Sunday, August 30, 2015

TV Series Mr. Robot features Diorama of New York

5:04 PM Diorama, Miniature, Mr.Robot, Museums, New York, NYC, Queens, Queens Museum, Scale Models, Small Scale, Television, TV 0 comments

Fans of the television series Mr. Robot, may have noticed the large scale diorama of New York City featured in Episode 9 when Angela looks for Elliot in their childhood haunt, the Queens Museum.

Conceived by the infamous Robert Moses for the 1964 World's Fair, the Panorama of The City of New York was built by architectural model makers, Lester & Associates, who employed over 100 workers to complete the 1:1200 scale model from 1961 to 1964. The total area of the finished diorama is 9,355 square feet.

View of Downtown Manhattan on the Panorama, c. 1985. Photo by Dan Cornish, Esto

So if you're looking for a new haunt, check out this awesome miniature model of the Big Apple.

Fun Fact: Two crew members left their names spelled in shrubbery. So if you visit, look for Bill and Ed somewhere in Jamaica Bay...


View of Queens Museum, New York State Pavilion, and the Unisphere on the Panorama of the City of New York

visit the Queens Museum online for more info: queensmuseum.org

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Liz Hickok-Jell-o Cities

1:32 PM Diorama Artists, Jello, Miniature, Models, New York, photography, San Francisco, Scale Models, urban 0 comments

Liz Hickok, a San Francisco based artist, models urban landscapes in Jell-O.
"I have always been interested in architectural scale models of cities, and how photography can play with the viewer’s sense of scale, blurring differences between the real city and the constructed one."-Liz Hickok (from artists website)

Here are a few of her jiggling works:

Project: San Francisco in Jell-O

"Bay Bridge"
Photograph, Liz Hickok

Project: San Francisco in Jell-O

"The City"
Photograph, Liz Hickok

Project: Jelly NYC

"One Broadway"
Photograph, Liz Hickok

Project: San Francisco in Jell-O

"The Mission: 16th and Dolores", Liz Hickok

Project: Jelly NYC

"Downtown Buildings"
Photograph, Liz Hickok

Project: San Francisco in Jell-O

"Coit Tower"
Photograph, Liz Hickok

Etsy Diorama Picks of the Week

2:09 PM 3d artist, Central Park, craft, Diorama, DIY, Etsy, Miniature, New York, Weekly Etsy Finds 0 comments

Mike Wong's Etsy shop Lay of the Land features 3D items "inspired from the natural world" like this 8x10 miniature Central Park Diorama.

Mike Wong-8x10 Map of Central Park

Bonjour Sweetie is a New Zealand based Etsy shop that features a variety of Dioramas in boxes and also other charming pieces like this skater necklace.

Skater necklace by Bonjour Sweetie

Diorama in a Box-The Picnic by Bonjour Sweetie

Diorama in a box-Rock in the Park-Bonjour Sweetie

Constructing Destruction-The Dioramas of Lori Nix

5:48 PM Diorama, Diorama Artists, Exhibits, New York, News, photography, Scale Models 0 comments

Lori Nix is a New York based photographer who crafts exceptional dioramas of a dreamy post-apocalyptic world. From churches to libraries-laundromats to subways-the worlds are abandoned, overgrown, fractured and frayed. Her latest work will be on view at Catherine Edelman’s booth at the IPAD Photography Show at the Park Avenue Armory, this April 4-7.