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“The miniature paleontological museum”

The Cinema and Miniature museum is located in the old part of the City of Lyon, France.

The museum's aim is to bring the secrets of film-making to a wider public, through a selection of fascinating artifacts that interact with each other.

The museum houses two permanent collections: one devoted to the art of…

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📅 26 December 2006

📸 Canon 350D + 17-85mm
🎛️ ISO 1600, ƒ/4, 1/25 s

When you spend more than 2 hours setting a complex composition of miniature figurines with unstable props, making multiple attempts at shooting a sequence of photos for focus stacking, then sort and clean the props and the mini studio, import photos in Lightroom, and… see everything is in JPEG… 😭

Been driving myself bonkers - designing a miniature thing in my head.

Today had the epiphany that because it needs to be relatively sturdy but not a fully functioning replica of anything - I can just make it out of cardboard and it will still be great.

Huzzah !

Now I just need to master using an exacto/craft knife without slicing myself ...

It is finally done! I finally finished my tryptic of #miniature kitty rooms! These are each about 4 inch cubes and almost entirely made of laser cut paper and glue. They make me quite happy. They were the only kits I have come across I almost didn’t modify.

Started knitting and crocheting something with 2 mm needles and have decided that is the limit for my hands / fingers / eyes.

Anything lower is basically making lace / and or creating with wire and needle tools.

I have great admiration for those creating in more miniature than that - but it's not for me.

Nope.