A piece of Venice (framed)

[Walterone]

It's not a full-bodied diorama, I'd call it 3D picture (or a flat diorama ). It's in A4 size and represents a real entrance gate of a house in Cannaregio district of Venice.

 

[Walterone]

Some production stages...

 

[Graham]

Nice work.

 

[Uwek]

Interesting idea and well executed - Very good result

 

[pianoforte]

Looks very good.

 

[Peter Gutterman]

Spectacular! I am running to show my wife! I know she'd like to have it to hang on one of our walls in a prominent place as a relief from all my stuff.
This is exceptionally imaginative and creative as well as purely exquisite! It looks so real!
Wonderful

Pete

 

[Peter Gutterman]

P, S. My wife, Kate, loves it.
How did you cut out the gate? More process info on all the wonderful textures and construction, please. It may not be a ship, but I am sure we all have a lot to learn from your processes that will convey to our own purposes.

Pete

 

[Laurencedodd]

I love this, well done. I could see this on a bookshelf in amongst all the books.

 

[Nietslim]

It's beautiful

 

[Van]

When I saw the first two pictures I wondered what this was doing on a model building forum. Talk about realistic!

 

[GIGI11011963]

Beautiful! Many compliments from Venice.

 

[Walterone]

How did you cut out the gate? More process info on all the wonderful textures and construction, please.

Thank you friends for all your kind words.
I made this diorama as a gift for one of my friends (he is Italian and comes right from the Veneto region, but lives here in Moscow) to make him a little homesick
The materials used are quite simple and cheap. The base is from PP-foam sheet, cut with Proxxon thermo cutter. The plastering effect is obtained with acrylic putty. The iron gate is made from laser-cut veneer. The fouling plants are from colored sawdust. Everything is painted with water-based acrylic paints.

 

[Peter Gutterman]

Thanks for the explanation of techniques and materials! Very helpful, and all readily available here in the west. Very adaptable to other purposes we all ma y find useful, such as in model ship dioramas. Very creative and imaginative.

 

[Magic Mike]

Walterone, What a beautiful diorama! Nicely done, Magic Mike