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February 8, 2007
Diorama-o-rama
I am obsessed with dioramas. I cannot tell you why. There doesn't seem to be any rational explanation for being obsessed with dioramas. Perhaps I was not forced to construct enough dioramas in elementary school. I can recall only one, and the details are fuzzy. Shoebox is as far as I can get. Whatever the reason I spend far too much time reflecting on dioramas.
When I try to get logical about it I realize that my diorama obsession most likely places me squarely in league with the dollhouse people. Not that I am saying that is a bad place to be. Tiny furniture, tiny kitchens with tiny mixers and tiny lifelike food, bathrooms with tiny rolls of toilet paper. Okay, perhaps it is an odd place to be. But I still love the dioramas.
To be honest I've been hiding my diorama obsession. There doesn't seem to be a way to bring it up that doesn't feel contrived. But today, today two of my passions collided so unexpectedly and spectacularly that I am forced to come forward.
I was reading the Flickr blog. I never get a chance to read it although I find it interesting. So I am skimming through and voila, I see an entry with a photograph by a woman who takes photos of the dioramas that she builds. Dioramas. And Photography. Together. In perfect harmony. Lightbulbs! Fireworks!!! Explosions of sound and noise and light!!!!! Photographs of dioramas. Why didn't I think of that?
The Flickr Photograph that started it all
Diorama Goodness:
Pirate shadow box on craftster.org
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Mr. Potter’s Curious Dioramas
The Dead Pals of Sam Sanfillippo
ann wood
Krista Peel (click on miniatures)
I had a bunch of diorama related links from a previous excursion with google. The links, they are gone! To a serial bookmarker like me this is serious. I found a few of them (see above). But the silver lining to all of this is that I just got another great idea for a documentary for K. and I. We are all about ideas for documentaries. Man, we are a goldmine of good docu ideas. Too bad we will never have to time make them all.
Googling "diorama" is one of those exercises in which you can lose several hours, if not days. There are all kinds of people making all kinds of dioramas out there. It warms my heart. And scares me. And makes me think that the dollhouse people are fairly regular folks after all.
P.S. If you google "diorama" you will see many, many historical and military scenes. I do not like those! No! No to tanks and battleships and tiny army guys. No! No! No!
Posted by grrlTravels at February 8, 2007 2:39 PM
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To be honest I've been hiding my diorama obsession. There doesn't seem to be a way to bring it up that doesn't feel contrived.
classic. I've often found myself saying these same two sentences (sans the word diorama) to myself.
Posted by: joybucket at February 8, 2007 9:38 PM
Oh my. Yes. I can see this making for hours of fun. Don't hide your obsession! Run with it! Embrace it!
Posted by: Tracie at February 8, 2007 11:49 PM