This edition had all images removed.
Title: Cigar-Box Dioramas: A "How-to-do-it" Handbook
Credits:
Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
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.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Neal, Arminta
EBook No.: 57148
Published: May 13, 2018
Downloads: 130
Language: English
Subject: Diorama
Subject: Museum techniques
LoCC: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Cigar-Box Dioramas: A "How-to-do-it" Handbook
Credits:
Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
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.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Neal, Arminta
EBook No.: 57148
Published: May 13, 2018
Downloads: 130
Language: English
Subject: Diorama
Subject: Museum techniques
LoCC: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.