Diorama help!!!?

Question

i need to do a bedroom. but all i can use is paper. please help! i don't know how to design it and i don't know how to make furniture!!!

Answer 1

I don't understand why you have this assignment with zero support. Your teacher does not expect you to pull ideas out of the sky. What have you learned in class that you can apply to this project? You can ask us for help but it won't be what your teacher is expecting, and you'll fail.
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Answer 2

Start by drawing a bedroom (use your own as a model) with all the things that might be in it ...bed, cupboards, bookshelves, clothes, a light, a chair, posters on the wall, a pair of flip flops on the floor and the rest
Most of the things in a bedroom are different shaped and sized boxes ...like your mattress is a squashy box shape. you can dress things afterwards to give them detail or texture. If you don't know how to build a box, find one and cut it open so you can see the shape

When you've made the basic box shapes for a bed you could make a sheet for the bed by using some very thin floppy paper ...you could even scrunch it a bit to soften it. Make a little pillow sized envelope and stuff it with crumpled paper before sticking it shut ...use your thumb to push a head dint into it

To make legs for a chair or a curtain rail, take a square of paper and roll it as tight as you can so it makes a long thin tube. Make a small box for the seat or use some stiffer paper and attach the legs with glue or tape

Don't forget to scatter the floor with discarded crumpled paper clothes for that 'real' look

To make shelves build several open topped boxes (like a tiny shoebox without its lid) and stack them on their sides. Use double sided tape or gluestick to join things

Make a rug for the floor by cutting a fine fringe on each end of a rectangle ...ruffle the fringe so it looks soft and fabricky

To make a lamp cover use a circle with a small circle cut out of it's centre then cut a quarter out of it and join the two cut edges. You could hang it from the ceiling or make a lampstand with the rolled paper and a heavy paper base. If you need to weight things so they don't fall over you could stick a coin to its underside

If you don't know how something should look, go and find one and draw it til you understand its structure. Try to get the scale of all the objects right ...so the bed doesn't fill the entire room OR shrink into a corner

Don't ignore the textures of things ...remember you can rumple, fold and pleat paper. Also consider using different types of paper for different fabrics ...you could use tissue paper for the curtains and bedsheets and card for the cupboards. You can gently curve the edges of paper to give it a softened look

look in your library for books on paper construction, paper sculpting, paper craft, set design, architectural models

Have fun and don't forget if it doesn't work the first time, have another go at it
Good Luck (c;

Answer 3

Hi:

Go to Hobby Lobby they have all the stuff you need to do this

Here are some books for you :

Complete Guide to Shadowboxes and Framing Objects
by James Miller

Memory Art: Fresh Ideas for Shadowboxes and Other Keepsake Displays
by Mary Lynn Maloney

Complete Book of Making Miniatures
by Thelma Newman, Virginia H. Merrill

Making Miniature Food and Market Stalls
by Angie Scarr

Creations in Miniature
by Eleanor Levie

Miniature Worlds in 1/12 Scale
by Susan Penny, Martin Penny

The Art of the Miniature: Small Worlds and How to Make Them
by Jane Freeman, Roger Rosenblatt (Foreword by)

Building Masterpiece Miniatures
by Joseph W. Daniele

American Miniatures, 1730-1850: One Hundred and Seventy-Three Portraits Selected with a Descriptive Account

Miniature Antique Furniture,
by Herbert F. Schiffer, Peter B. Schiffer

Marvelous Miniatures
by Eleanor Levie (Editor)

How to Build Miniature Furniture and Room Settings
by Judy Beals

Historic Vehicles in Miniature: The Genius of Ivan Collins, Revised and Expanded Edition
by Michael Thoele, Ron Brentano

How to Paint Miniatures
by Elizabeth Johnson, Robert Hughes

Miniatures Catalog
by Michal Morse

Dolls' House Shops, Cafes & Restaurants
by Jean Nisbett



check this website out :

http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm...

all book are available at any library or bookstore

Hope this helps