Defining A Zinnfiguren Collection

My aim in setting up this blog is in exploring flats (zinnfiguren) as an art form. Once thought of as playthings, flats have evolved into very artistic pieces, created for and treasured by collectors. I prefer to explore flats in a contextual setting by putting them into shadow-box dioramas of artistic merit which can be reasonably contained within a manageable space. The chronology of this web blog will hopefully blaze a definite trail in this direction.

Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Marianne North

I have been quite busy doing other 3-D modelling so this blog has been quiet for a while. However, I have been reading this delightful book about Marianne North (A Vision of Eden) and it features many of her great paintings now housed in the Kew Gardens. A short sentence taken from Wikipedia about her:

Marianne North (24 October 1830 – 30 August 1890) was a prolific English Victorian biologist and botanical artist, notable for her plant and landscape paintings.

She travelled extensively and had also visited Borneo twice. As Borneo is home to the Orang-utans, I am planning to do a jungle scene featuring one of her paintings as the backdrop and incorporating the orang-utan figures.