Myriorama

As we begin our next project we have been looking at and creating myrioramas. A myriorama is a series of cards that can be interconnected no matter what order they are placed in and they will always create a coherent image. Myrioramas largely were used by 19th-century children as a form of entertainment but although for children, they are very intricate and a lot of planning has to go into them to make them cohesive.

This example by Mr. Clark has both complex and simple connecting points. The background has quite a faded and simple style that allows it to connect throughout quite seamlessly whereas the complexity of the bushes in the foreground would have been a more difficult aspect to connect.

Within one of our workshop sessions we were given the task of creating something similar that could work in the same way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attempting to create something such as this requires a lot of planning, especially if you wish to create one of high quality. Just using these cut pieces of paper was very difficult as any changes I made to one connection meant that I would have to edit all of the cards. This part of the project was very interesting but I think I initially saw it as too difficult to incorporate into the main focus of the project.