If you ’ve ever owned a dollhouse , you know how fascinating tiny little recreations can be . However , the humankind is more than a family home ! There are artists and craftspeople all over who take a slice of adifferentkind of spirit and cheer it in illumination .
1. Folsom Prison Cell
Justin Jorgensen buy this miniaturerecreation of a prison house cellbuilt by George Bubier , the convict who live there . It was made with popsicle peg , felt , gum , and various pile up materials . Inmates trade art through the sitePrisonart.org .
2. House of Prostitution
Toronto artistLeanne Eisencreates miniature scenes you do n’t see in toy memory board . The labor calledPlayrecreates the Interior Department of a brothel . visualize is the streak arena , unadulterated with stripper pole . Along the same line , Grace Shaw received a gift of a miniature row house and made it intoa seedy urban center block , complete with a brothel , fracture house , cake , and adult book computer memory .
3. TV Studios
Charles Brogdon ( Flickr user On The Set ) has created some of the most popularclassic situation comedy and biz show setsin miniature scale modeling form . The fun isgoing through the picturesto see if you’re able to identify the shows without looking at the name !
4. World War II
Mark Hogancamp is the professional behind an elaborate fantasy we can follow in pictures and video recording . After he was badly injured , he created the world he callsMarwencolin his backyard as therapy , both physical and psychological . His pictures tell a tale , which , along with Mark ’s story , has been made into adocumentary filmand abook .
5. View-Master Scenes
Anyone who raise up during the heyday of the View - Master probably enquire how they made those 3D scenes . Florence Thomaswas one of the artists responsible for the stereoscopic images . She would sculpt Disney characters from clay and set them in dioramas , then take exposure from two angles to get the two-channel effect .
6. San Francisco
The 2nd Annual Golden Gate Express Garden Railway was recently featured at San Francisco’sConservatory of Flowers . The garden have miniature versions of the metropolis ’s most placeable landmark , construction , and of course , a train ! Plus , they areallmade of recycled materials . The exposition has close , butthe photographsgive us a practical tour . simulacrum byTodd Lappin .
7. Miniature Apple Store
Can you believe an exact replica of an Apple store , made in a shoebox ? It ’s from the folks who brought you theminiature personal movie theater . They used iPhones for the display screen at the Genius Bar and for the glowing Apple logotype .
8. Godzilla
Just for playfulness , here ’s a Japanese lensman ’s home . As he is set up a stab , along fare Godzilla ! See the story secernate in picturesin this post .
See also : miniature from the domain of fiction and fantasy in the postDungeons and Dollhouses .
