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Dioramas

It was a Dark and Stormy Night…

It was a dark and stormy night. Or, so they said. This scene has several cut paper layers, depicting an inner castle wall inside the City of Lost Things.

"It was a dark and stormy night" inside a pocket watch
Inside the pocket watch diorama
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Comics

Watch This…

A raccoon wearing two watches
One watch is for current time...
One watch marks future time...
How does that work?
Can you see the future? Yes it's on my right arm.
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Dioramas

Pocket Watches.

I’m making more dioramas in broken pocket watches, which make for great containers. I made these to wear at the AVAM gala in November, for fun.

Back of a watch

Georges Méliès "A trip to the Moon" in a pocket watch

Georges Méliès "A trip to the Moon" in a pocket watch

Georges Méliès "A trip to the Moon" in a pocket watch

Lady on the moon in a tiny pocket watch

Lady on the moon in a pocket watch

Lady on the moon in a pocket watch

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Dioramas

Birthday for a Friend

A dear friend just had a birthday. This image seems to hold a lot of meaning for all of us this year, so I decided to make use it in a found pocket watch. The watch already was monogramed with 2 of the 3 correct initials.

A Trip to the Moon in a pocket watch

Jeanne did her flower magic, and we added some skeleton hand salad tongs, because they are just cool, as well as useful, if you happen to have some salad.

Flowers with skull hand tongs

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Dioramas

A Reunion (in a pocket watch)

Pocket Watch with Skeleton greeting a dog

I think one of the best parts of entering the Land of the Dead will be reuniting with old friends (and by friends, I mean dogs).

This scene is made of several layers. The church door opens, too.

Skeleton greeting a dog

This is a silver pocket watch, which was broken when I found it.

 

 

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ART

The Reverse Clock Tower Diorama

Deep within the City of Lost Things, there’s a crumbling clock tower that tells time in reverse. It’s extremely useful for finding lost things, because one can just retrace one’s steps back to where the item was lost. The tower isn’t easy to find, though.

This watch belonged to my grandfather. It doesn’t tell normal time, but is actually a window looking at the reverse clock tower. Pretty handy (get it?).


The clock hands are backward. Like most of the stuff I’ve made, this is really tricky to photograph.

I started with the clock face, which is 11/64 of an inch. That’s about as small as I could get it and still managed to write the roman numerals somewhat legibly. I then drew everything else around that.