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Originally Posted by StephenLawson
JohnReid; What would you say is the key ingredient to making a good diorama?
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What is key is finding the Magic. Let me explain.What is the magic in a movie,stage or diorama? Is it not trying to get the viewer to suspend their disbelief and enter your world,the world that you have created and thereby have them enter a new reality.When I am creating a diorama I try to think like a child.If you can capture the attention of a child then the grownups are easy.I love to study a childs face when they first look at a diorama.If its good, it is like a spell that comes over them and you can see their imaginations running wild.Often, it will be I who first speaks and then there will be a flood of questions.Makes me feel like a kid again myseff .That is why I do it,that is my reward for all the hours spent in my workshop.
I always feel my best when I am creating.Sometimes, it aint easy trying to find the Magic but when you do ,you know it.Things seem to flow and come together with little effort. I hope I answered your question OK.Cheers! John.
Sorry about the repeat posting guys but I had a computer problem and I thought that I had somehow lost the first posting I made this AM. So I composed another that says about the same thing.Now the 1st one shows up and I still dont know what happened Cheers!(again) John.