Thursday

securing the figures

above is an unusual aquarium diorama from the Zymoglyphic Museum...
here are three very different image examples of what a
diorama specialist might do:
[side note -one of my top ten dream jobs would be
a diorama specialist.]
This is a diorama at the Colorado History Museum...
Carlotta Espinoza is working to secure the figures,
many of which she resculpted during restoration work in the 1980s,
shown above. The diorama was cut into four sections Friday as the museum packs up for its move into a new building.

and below - with some wonderfully detailed bird poo on the rocks, is a scene from the Museo de historia natual de Milan.

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