Cigar-Box Dioramas: A "How-to-do-it" Handbook by Arminta Neal
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About this eBook
| Author | Neal, Arminta |
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| Title | Cigar-Box Dioramas: A "How-to-do-it" Handbook |
| Note | Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
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| Summary | "Cigar-Box Dioramas: A 'How-to-do-it' Handbook" by Arminta Neal is a practical guidebook focused on creating miniature dioramas using cigar boxes, written in the late 1950s. This book serves as a comprehensive instructional manual, detailing the necessary materials, techniques, and creative approaches to building various scenes and landscapes within the confines of cigar boxes. The content of the book is structured into clear sections, guiding readers through the preparation of the box, creating backgrounds, and assembling figures and accessories to build intricate displays. Neal emphasizes utilizing everyday materials such as paper mache, twigs, and even dye to achieve realistic textures and features, including trees, water effects, and snow. The book is geared towards both educators and hobbyists, promoting creativity and resourcefulness in crafting dioramas that can serve educational purposes or simply be enjoyed as artistic projects. With push-forwards encouraging imagination, the guide underlines that artistic skill is not a prerequisite for creating visually engaging dioramas. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | TT: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts |
| Subject | Diorama |
| Subject | Museum techniques |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 57148 |
| Release Date | May 13, 2018 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 96 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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