Lisa Wood-Insect Dioramas

Lisa Wood-from Insects at Home

Lisa Wood is an artist and jewelry maker that creates dioramas of insects at home, which is also the title of her book.  From grasshoppers in repose to caterpillars getting eye exams, Wood's dioramas are at once whimsical and creepy.  Some of her work can be purchased at The Gold Bug in Pasadena,CA.


Miniature Insect Dioramas from Lisa Wood on Vimeo.

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Walter Potter's-Dead and Adorable-Dioramas

Walter Potter was a Victorian taxidermist with a penchant for the cute and bizarre.  Stuffing animals and placing them in human adventures, his work embodies the spirit of Victorian Times.

The beautiful death-captured in kitsch.

Walter Potter-via telegraph

Walter Potter-via telegraph

Walter Potter-Telegraph

Walter Potter via The Telegraph

Here's a 1965 film about Walter Potter:

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