Framed diorama – part 2 – Shire vignette
During the weekend, May 20-21, 2023, we held a new diorama-making weekend workshop called Vignette in a frame. Over the course of two days, the participants created a stage display of the haustor/entrance according to their own choice from about 10 offered designs, some historical and some fantasy / SF themes. The subject of the workshop was the creation of a diorama with elements of stone, wood, metal, concrete/plaster. In a frame with internal dimensions of 10 x 15 cm, they placed a representation of the entrance to a building. In the next few articles, we will show the steps in creating three designs (historical, sci-fi and fantasy themed).
The second article in this series will cover the creation of a vignette of a hobbit hole. After reviewing the blueprints, it was clear that we first had to make the wooden beams and shapes so that we could pour the plaster for the wall inside. We made the beams from 4-5 mm thick balsa, on some, larger beams glued in two layers to get massiveness.
We made the door from 1.5-2mm thick balsa. We traced the shape with a compass and carefully shaped the circle.
And then positioned all the elements inside the "tub". They glued them and then poured plaster for the walls.
After the plaster dried, we engraved the bricks.
The last step was to add texture and detail in front of the hole. We made large stones from decorative bark, and the detail is resin bits that we found in our stash.
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