Nicola's No Ordinary World is made from recycled objects and gourds.: October 2016

Thursday, 6 October 2016

Using Strings of Miniature LED's

When it comes to my models I have found the WOW factor through the day BUT at night they are a real let down. Not anymore!

Lighting has always been the bane of my life when it comes to these models of mine BUT I have finally found the solution.

For your information - Internal lights are included as the image shows. If you would like to read more articles about how I have lit up the models please click here and scroll down past this post.

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Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Gold Coast Show 2016

Well this year I was given such a large area that I was able to put Pebble Cottage together only for the second time in the eleven years I have been displaying my models at this show.

I was also able to promote my up and comming story - A Gribbles Gift. The art work for the posters was by Aaron Pocock.

This only the second time in eleven years that Pebble Cottage has been displayed in its entirety.

No Ordinary World

The world is awash with the refuse of the human race, but what if some of it could be reused?

In years gone by a place of sanctuary was required to hide from the fears infesting the mind. A world of fantasy grew all around comforting the spirit. Then imagination was not enough. It was necessary to touch what was once thought, tread the paths woven in the mind, to feel the essence of one's dreams, to walk through what was no ordinary world.

But how?

With gourds in one hand and decades of casts off from a life of hording in another, order grew. With plastic, string, balloons and more, plants, fungi and creatures appeared beneath the fingers that wove them into existence. Homes appeared, small, delicate and secretive, filled with the waste thrown away by human beings. Layers of life surrounded them. A touch of nature was added. The earthiness of the gourd embodied them with an essence that made one believe that this could all be real.

As stories began to be told through the written word, the models, entwined within, both grew in size, width and depth.

Strangers looked upon a world that was like no other. It was tactile, full of layers, it drew them in and, with their imaginations ablaze they too now wandered the paths that lay before them lost in the innocence of a childhood long since gone.

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Thursday, 6 October 2016

Using Strings of Miniature LED's

Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Gold Coast Show 2016