Repurposing an Old Diorama
Zia made this “Where the Wild Things Are” set design diorama for a middle school project.
She wanted to throw it away immediately after it was graded, but it’s one of those things that, as a proud mom, I’m like, “Gah! It’s so good! We can’t throw it out.”
It’s been sitting on top of the Donkey Kong arcade machine in our living room ever since–collecting dust and taking damage from cats that like to attack the little trees and fairy lights. Coming to grips with the notion that we should probably let go of it, I wondered if it might make a neat experimental Picture This project...