#diaorama

[talkingpictures2020]

Lori Nix & Kathleen Gerber What If…

Lori Nix and Kathleen Gerber create miniature dioramas, conjuring in each a prescient sense of possibility. Early scenes played along the ticklish midriff of cute and disturbing, evoking a smile and a wince as a plane crashes into a Kansas homestead or God smites a revivalist tent with a well-aimed thunderbolt. But over the years, as the work has evolved, the scenes have become ever more elaborate: full of detail but empty of people. The ruins of empire in which we leave the guilty thrill of the disaster movie to enter the world-building of speculative fiction: of what if…

The artists discuss the concepts, creative process, and months of meticulous craft that lie behind each of their diminutive scenarios – at Talking Pictures.

[skatedface]

A god in his own domain

[rz-jocelyn]

[NEWS] The Brow Beat: The Brow Beat will be Releasing Their New Digital Single "Mu" on Ryuji's Birthday

The M-Card sets for "Mu", which contain a second new song and other bonuses, can also be purchased by The Brow Beat fansite members.

RELEASE INFORMATION

Title: Mu / 無

Release Date: January 17, 2024

CONTENT

Songs:

Mu

The Brow Beat Elementary School Song Recording

Ryuji's Comment on "Mu":

"Muryoku" (powerless), "mukiryoku" (apathy), "muchitsujou" (disorder), "mukanjou" (unemotional), "mu" is a word that has a lot of negative images, and this time, I've tried to create something (a piece of music) which uses emotions that are not positive. It is apparently better for humans to share negative emotions with someone [to relieve that negativity], so I think it would be nice if we could listen to the song together and share our negative emotions with each other. But, the day of its release is my birthday, so I still have the feeling of wanting to celebrate it (with everyone).

Trivia about the "The Brow Beat Elementary School Song Recording":

This song was spontaneously done on the day itself.

Source: ( x )

M-CARD BONUSES

M-Card with cover

Diaorama style acrylic stand

Bromide

Limited FC sticker

NOTE: While the types of bonuses are the same, the designs for the bonuses are different based on the different versions.

M-CARD SETS

A Version

B Version

C Version

SALES LINKS AND INFORMATION

The M-Card sets are now available for purchase online for The Brow Beat Fansite members. To register to become a member, please refer to this link: HERE

To purchase the M-Card sets, please refer to the links below.

A Version: HERE

B Version: HERE

C Version: HERE

NOTE: A limited number of M-Card sets will be sold.

For more information about proxy services available in Japan, please refer to this link: HERE

[laserpinksteam]

Film after film: The French Dispatch (dir. Wes Anderson, 2021)

This film came out during the pandemic lockdowns in Vienna, when I barely ever would go to the cinema, and this somehow collided with me giving up on liking Anderson's movies. This summer's been a pretty great revival, with his last two films making me quite happy. He never reaches the smoothness of The Royal Tenenbaums or the sad and imperfectly told pathos of Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, but his films have the pleasant quality of detail-filled diaoramas, which usually gives their performers an idiosyncratic tone. McDormand, for instance, or Brody usually operate at a different modality, which they also lend here to an interestingly melancholic effect.

[mayoiayasep]

ok so anyway mayoi's next gacha will be diaorama themed and the unbloomed will be her infodumping about it to somene (sora maybe. idk) and the unbloomed will look like this

make it happen happyele

[rabbitdevoted]

i have the diaorama and now i just need to figure out what i want to do with it…no matter what i want a giant stained glass window at the back byt idk if i should go for carolines room or maybe the church or maybe something different

[poproxing]

kimberly-diaorama from Roxanne Creative Inc. on Vimeo.

[darqx]

Saw a scrapbooking idea for tiny matchbox “book nooks” and was like welp I know what I’m doing for 2021 Xmas card trades XD The miniatures to go inside were really fun to cobble together! The books [”How to get rid of ghosts” and “Foster caring”] are all ‘readable’ with some pages and Celia’s “Interns” folder can actually be opened and there are some badly drawn stick figure intern profiles in there haha.

Notable in progress moments:

Using a hair dryer to dry the glass paint inside the Absinthe bottle

Making a 90s bead lizard

Going “man, I need a tiny mirror but where the heck am I going to get one here” and then lo and behold a week or so later miraculously finding a tiny mirror randomly lying in my backyard like ????

Made from: Matchbox, craft paper, wooden popsticks / shapes / matchsticks, beads, miniature glass bottles, misc items (felt, coffee beans, salt etc)

[13thhr]

[👾]🎤📖[🎸]🏹🤸🏼‍♂️[🌈 ] Logan is ready to play the guitar ...! Working on some stop motion animation ... . . . #animation #animationart #synthesizermusic #musiciansofinstagram #musiciansofig #pianoplayer #customactionfigures #smoothon #avesapixiesculpt #resincasting #toymaking #toydesign #toymakersofinstagram #guitar #thethirteenthhour #retrowaveart #diaorama #stopmotionanimation https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ951y5JcfP/?igshid=y6ic16txklb1

[fromthedust]

Frances Glessner Lee (American, 1878-1962)

Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

Forensic science pioneer Frances Glessner Lee was influential in developing the science of forensics in the United States. To this end, she created the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, 20 true crime scene dioramas recreated in minute detail at dollhouse scale, used for training homicide investigators. Eighteen of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death are still in use for teaching purposes by the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and the dioramas are also now considered works of art. 

She was born in Chicago in 1878. Her father, John Jacob Glessner, was an industrialist who became wealthy from International Harvester. She and her brother were educated at home; her brother went to Harvard, but she was not permitted to attend college. Instead, she married a lawyer, Blewett Lee. The marriage ended in divorce. When she expressed interest in forensic pathology years later, she was emphatically discouraged. She had to wait until a year after her brother's death, and in 1930 and took her first steps towards her own career at age 52. She inherited the Harvester fortune and she finally had the money to develop an interest in how detectives could examine clues. Through the 1940s and 1950s, Lee hosted a series of semi-annual seminars in homicide investigation. Detectives, prosecutors and other investigators were invited to a week-long conference, where she presented them with the "Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death," intricately constructed dioramas of actual crime scenes, complete with working doors, windows and lights. The 20 models were based on challenging cases and were designed to test the abilities of students to collect all relevant evidence. The models depicted multiple causes of death, and were based on autopsies and crime scenes that Lee visited. She paid extraordinary attention to detail in creating the models. The rooms were filled with working mousetraps and rocking chairs, food in the kitchens, and more, and the corpses accurately represented discoloration or bloating that would be present at the crime scene.

Frances used a scale of one inch to one foot. She made stockings 1/12 the size of the real thing by knitting them with straight pins. She once spent three days experimenting until she was satisfied she had created a realistic burn mark on a tiny ironing board. She reconstructed 19 death scenes in total, with a dedication to detail extending to wallpaper patterns and carpets. Most of her work was painstakingly completed while viewing it through a magnifying glass. What she couldn’t create, she hired out. In one crime scene, a local newspaper was found on the floor. She contracted a printer to produce a minuscule, one-off version of that very same issue, complete with a legible title. Frances hired a carpenter to create the furniture for her dioramas, an assignment for which he had to manufacture his own miniature tools. To clone an oil painting hung above a fireplace, she commissioned an artist to paint a tiny landscape of her own New Hampshire home.  Each model cost about $3,000-$4,500 to create.

Detectives, prosecutors and other investigators as students in the week-long conferences  were given 90 minutes to study the scene after which they had to summarize their observations and conclude whether the death was due to murder, suicide, or accident.  The week culminated in a banquet at the Ritz Carlton. Eighteen of the original Nutshells are still used today as teaching tools in forensic science, and if  you want to see the Nutshells for yourself, they are housed on the fourth floor of The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (the morgue) in Baltimore, Maryland.

LOG CABIN - In 1942, Arthur Roberts, a local insurance salesman, was found dead by police who responded to a call from a friend of the victim, Mrs Marian Chase.

PARSONAGE PARLOR - In 1946, Dorothy Dennison, a high school student, was found dead after being reported missing by her mother.

RED BEDROOM - In 1944, Marie Jones, a prostitute, was discovered dead by landlady, Mrs Shirley Flanagan.

LIVING ROOM - In 1941, Mrs Ruby Davis, a housewife, was discovered dead on the stairs by her husband, Reginald Davis.

DARK BATHROOM - In 1896, Maggie Wilson was found dead by Lizzie Miller.

THREE-ROOM DWELLING - In 1937, Robert Judson, a foreman in a shoe factory, his wife, Kate Judson, and their baby, Linda Mae Judson, were discovered dead by Paul Abbott, a neighbor.

THREE-ROOM DWELLING - being viewed in museum

THREE-ROOM DWELLING - being viewed in museum

BARN - In 1939, Eben Wallace, a local farmer, was found dead by his wife, Imelda.

Frances Glessner Lee - at work on a Nutshell Study - 1940s

[aliendoobles]

spamton shop but its a cardboard diaorama

[friesian]

had a dream where tumblr got rly advanced and posts were like 3D diaoramas/real things you could interact with and the trend on the site became that everything would be normal on your post until essentially a little guy would pop out of nowhere and straight up murdered you. so you'd just apparently like respawn and be like "ahhh oh man you got me!!!!"

[nesps]

ok i may have binged too much on merch but now i regret not seein all the choices cause i rlllyy want this other thing but its so expensive

[meandmyechoes]

i think a lot of frustration i have with the mandalorian (watching it real-time the first time) is unfairly redirected from my timidness to interact with "mainstream" star wars fandom. I'm jealous of the attention it's getting.

our local fandom is already small, and traditional in its making-up of middle-aged men. I joined a few facebook groups in observation, both local and global. Outside of tumblr, the original fandom activity is centered on either swordfighting or toy collecting. While I appreciate the talent shown in customization and diaoramas, it's not as satisfactory for my experience as it would about creative work and literary criticism.

I also feel kinda prejudiced to catch all fans as "mindless fanboys" but that has been consistent with my observations so far but as always i've been biased and looked down on everyone— Even though I'm interacting with the Ordinary Male™ and they are always less intelligent than I am— Either way it doesn't sit well with me

On the forum, where I have more anonymity, I'm braver to voice out even if the userbase says really sexist things sometimes, (fortunately not overlap with star wars posts). It's okay becuase it's grassroot humour. It's also not okay because at my least observant, I'd still be reminded to "why so serious". I'm definitely exaggerating here because last times I post several long metas the reponse has been wholly positive — I can't place the origin but I just feel very out of place with the local community :(

The weird thing is the attention there isn't even something I need? I have a very satisfactory fandom life here (that's why I come to the uniqueness of this platform in the first place) but I'm instead dwelling on a first-world problem

Like, of course I'm happy more people are liking Star Wars and now curious about my era, I'm slightly gatekeeping?

No that wasn't the issue. There was this party-pooper right-wing man in the group that is the worst. His repeated, insensitive word choice, craving attention. I think there are valid criticisms regarding Disney's treatment of the sequel trilogy and their hypocrisy at diversity versus telling good stories but this guy's wording and attitude comes off so hostile it feels like even if we have common ground, I'd still be labelled as a brainless leftist Karen. But it's really just that one guy and it's not like he's even that influential I think? All the same it makes me feel very uncomfortable talking about certain issues without disclaimers every time. But I'm definitely over-thinking in this respect because it's not out of necessity we interact even if we share the same platform. And he's just one outlier case.

I think the root of the anxiety is coming fron as an Animation fan, and we've been receving the short end for years. As a universal trend Children-oriented media has always been despised and receives blame for being "too kiddy". But what they don't realize it's that there are very important messages to be sent through these shows and making them palatable for children and adults alike is no easy task, and those shows that succeed should be praised and taught with. What's important is that the violence and trauma depicted is enough to springboard children into their own research, raise their awareness and tell them there's a big world out there.

It's so infuriating how in the Kamen Rider fandom, those complaints come not only from man-childs, but actual 14-year-olds who think they're too cool for school. I mean if you don't like the direction of the show, you can just, drop it?

The most common excuse I've heard about people missing out on the shows is they just don't have time, which is reasonable, and relatable, for a 133-episode show. There are more dismissal towards Rebels but always accompanied by comments in its defense. So I think those who are passionate enough about Star Wars to join the local online community, are not entire jerks to animated canons but instead are too busy or not their favourite era to focus on, which is totally valid! The thing is I've heard mostly positive comments on Clone Wars (albeit horny ones from time to time, luckily I'm 18+ now), but I'm still very cautious about revealing myself as a female fan, and that of the animated shows, and that who knows little of the OT or swordfighting. I think I'll be more comfortable if I could dm someone and get a concrete sample of the audience before I feel more confident to put myself out there. It's definitely not like they're bad people, but there's a discrepancy in our fundamental paths of enjoying Star Wars and that may lead to a rocky start. It's like having different majors :/

Another point is involving myself there could be my most sexist experience yet. Yes, even more than a woman in STEM. I'm mature enough to handle even more tinted lenses thrown on me I just won't be very used to it. The other close encounter I had was visiting a warehouse sale a few months ago. The owner was obviously surprised to see a girl visit such a niche event and gestured me the Leia toys. He was friendly in every way but I immediately sniffed the stereotypical assumption. 1) Nobody loves the Prequels and 2) Girls only like girl characters. It was a brief conversation as I rushed to Maul's side and started checking out the clone troopers. Though no hard feelings, the incident adds to how I've been consistently right about my generalization of the (male) fandom.

And it comes back to a vicious cycle about how such anxiety hinders representation, and the lack of familiar voices fuels that anxiety. It's easier here because this is my personal blog and not everything is meant to induce a response. I feel more comfortable speaking things aren't designed to be understood or to communicate here. But out there with a bunch of elders instead of peers (whom I respect even if they haven't seen/don't like Clone Wars, because I hold them to the same expertise in their era as I do with mine), it's tricky to navigate between condescension and firmness, humility and shamelessness. I do feel compelled to "prove" myself if I'm even to share a post in the group. You know? The feeling of working extra hard just to be judged without prejudice?

P.S. Since I mentioned the Right-wing Guy I should also mention the only active female member I saw in the group. She definitely sounds like an older adult and obviously a Disney fan, and just, very stereotypically a "Hong Kong Gal" (-ve intonation), in her obsession with Disneyland and Pandoa bracelets. And I'm unnecessarily disappointed by that because I too look down on capitalism and corporate monopoly.

**********

On a tangent, let's take the opportunity to briefly talk about sexualization of The Clone Wars.

A baffling phenomenon I noticed coming back is the explosion of reader fics, nsfw reader fics. Now I'm not a fanfic person first and foremost so I'm even more baffled by the necessity of the existence of such fics. I am utilitarian on this matter. While I personally do not enjoy them, there's nothing morally corrupt about the bloom and it honestly stays just beyond my alert of annoyance.

I attribute the bloom to first, how like me, the first generation of tumblr users (and thus its majority) are now adults and would like to explore the indulgence. But I just take a step back and imagine the tight, tight frown on my 16-year-old self had she seen the clone wars tag flooded with nsfw fics. She'd flee the site and bleach her eyes so bad.

But that definitely isn't a problem. Although it caught me off guard, the insert writers I've come across are passionate people who abide by tag etiquette, so it's all good, and safe.

On the other hand…

Sexualized Ahsoka isn't my first rodeo. Actually, it probably was my first rodeo with many more in the decade that came. 2009 was the time when even official art sexualized her horribly, let alone the power of Google Images. To this day, it's still easy to find ani//soka fanart (pregnant fanart, in the 2011 deviantart flat colour) outside here (on top of the usual hellship *sigh*). But if you don't go look them up, it's mostly okay.

but yeah, winding back to the "mainstream" entry problem I've been ranting about, I keep seeing fetish threads/comments regarding Ahsoka and it's just very uncomfortable to have my exposure in that accumulate. It's a little bit better here than mainland which I've shunned away totally becuase they just, takes nothing seriously. Of course I do agree Ahsoka has grown into a beautiful young woman and her badassary is off the charts but maybe, one can keep inappropriate thoughts to themselves?

Joking about physical attraction towards a fictional character is… so trivial I ain't even gonna bother (and the age issue really don't need to be repeated) — the joke got old. But seeing men comment on female figures like that, with no mindfulness that they are on a very public forum is just pathetic. It really shows you how deep men can sink.

(and those horny but appreciative comments is only tip of the iceberg from that too explicit one i wish to delete from my mind. I really hope that doesn't become a recurring issue when Ahsoka is live-actionized ﾟ･｡(´Д⊂ヽ)

It's totally gonna become an issue.

[dreathedrawer]

Ai Weiwei

“Sunflower Seeds” (2010) Material: Over 100 million Porcelain Sunflower Seeds

“Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn” (1995) Material: HAN DYNASTY URN

“Snake Ceiling" - According to What? Exhibition (2013)  Material: Backpacks and zip ties 

“S.A.C.R.E.D.” (2012) Material:  Diaoramas, Mixed Media

“Fragments” (2005) Material: wood, table and chairs

[terrariumrich]

#terrariumsbyrich #miniaturegarden #live #diaorama #rva #terrarium #moss #plantsofinstagram #plants #instagram #local #virgina #craft