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100	1		_aNeal, Arminta
245	1	0	_aCigar-Box Dioramas: A "How-to-do-it" Handbook
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2018
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2018-05-13
508			_aProduced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520			_a"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.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aDiorama
653			_aMuseum techniques
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57148
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