Devon Sinsley said:
Very nice and a creative project. I could see myself doing such a thing. Heap it on the pile of things to do. Do you have photos of others. Ever do a joshua tree. I love them things.
What did you use for the Yucca?
Thanks! All of the mini dioramas were given away almost 30 years ago. This is the only one I’ve seen since then, and is the only one I ever got photos of.
The scenery was pretty basic stuff… the boulders are plaster casts of real rocks, the ground is plaster with some real dirt and grit. The plants were made from various types of dried flowers or twigs; some I bought from a craft store and some were from the garden.
The agave stalks (tall things with yellow flowers) were the most work. I started with dried stalks of sweet alyssum flowers, and trimmed them to shape. Painted them with acrylics, then dabbed on small blobs of yellow paint, and sprinkled it with yellow ground foam. The spiky base of the agave was some kind of dry floral thing from the craft store, painted with acyrlics.
I used short pieces of pipe cleaner to make barrel cactus. The chollas are a little hard to make out in these photos, but they were made from the same stalks as the agaves, but cut shorter and with only a few stubby branches near the top. Then they were coated with ground foam and painted.
I’ve never tried making any joshua trees.
