Jean Diorama
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My book is out on AK Interactive
215 pages, 19 SBS including 7 never published dioramas, a biography, 20 pages portfolio etc ..
“I eventually found out that I could empty my mind and express a lot of feelings in my dioramas and I started to literally pour my life into these”. (Jean Bernard André) »
MASTER MODELER SERIES VOL.2 WATER, LIGHT & THE WORKS / JEAN-BERNARD ANDRÉ
Recent dioramas
Tierpark
This one was basically inspired by the backrooms aesthetics, I find that repetititive universe pretty cool for a variety of reasons. I mixed that with the beautiful pictures made by photographer @hangschlitt in various undergrounds in the world but especially the Berlin Ubahn. The electric colours, the flashy yellow and greens, the 1960s look about
Windows
This is the first time I try to change the format of my boxes dioramas. i had to create the box by myself though which proved kind of hard since I’m no wood worker. Thiçs is a simple exercice of contrast, repetition like a music rhythm. The woman is noone in particular.
Suimsuit III
The last of the series. I wanted to make another contrast between the flowery bathing suit and a very blue swimming pool. Instead of catapulting my model in my rusty world, I thought it would be nice to get into her own. With lights from the past and a clear horizon ahead.
Suimsuit II
Ibis
Using the AK Interactive Land Rover as a base.
Suimsuit I
Ahab
No comment needed on that one, that’s my take on Moby Dick, more or less inspired by an illustration I found of Captain Ahab not doing much in front of the big whale.
Shoebill
This one is not even taken out of my fantasy. It shows the real story of that Berlin nurse that collected that #shoebill after the zoo was bombed in 1943. If you Google the event you will see a picture of her handfeeding the bird in her bathroom that she transformed in a zoo cage. Of course
Behemoth
When I was doing my military service I was working near the exit of the airbase. And there was that bearded guy, a fully armed commando that I befriended because he was listening to metal band Behemoth in his little cage near the red barrier. Really I am thinking of this because I was searching for
1877
Sleepwalking straight from bed one early morning I got it on the tip of the finger, the idea of the perfect portrait for that blonde here on my diorama. Really I was sure of it, the mystery cloud had finally disappeared after more than 3 years of conversation. But I dropped a spoon on the