{"id":25227,"date":"2015-07-14T05:23:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T10:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=25227"},"modified":"2015-07-09T07:05:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T12:05:00","slug":"sinister-snow-globes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=25227","title":{"rendered":"Sinister Snow Globes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/travelersnowglobe-111x150.jpg\" alt=\"Snow Globe\" width=\"111\" height=\"150\" class=\"contentimg\" \/>Artists Walter Martin and Paloma Mu\u00f1oz have been working with snow scenes a lot lately: Their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martin-munoz.com\/recent\/index07.html\">recent works<\/a> all seem to involve snow and miniature figures.<\/p>\n<p>In a series that they called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martin-munoz.com\/recent\/indexTRAVELERS%2520SNOWGLOBES.html\">Travelers<\/a>, they created snow globes featuring miniature people being chased by wolves, menaced by giant spiders, or threatened by even <em>more<\/em> miniature people.  (Although, to be honest, my favorite of the series isn&#8217;t macabre and simply features a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martin-munoz.com\/recent\/290SG.html\">moose helping with the laundry<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>The artists only made a limited number of snow globes and they&#8217;ve long since been sold, but they can still serve as inspiration for weird little DIY versions.  Empty snow globes are available at craft stores and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Globe-Maple-Finish-Project--Yourselfers\/dp\/B001ECL6WE\/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=shadmano-20&#038;qid=1436361644&#038;sr=8-6\" rel=\"nofollow\">online<\/a>, and miniature figures for use in model railroad layouts can be found in all sorts of styles.  Create a tiny, snow-covered cemetery with an open grave, or replicate the entrance to the hedge maze from <i>The Shining<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>This would be a fun group activity: Set up a supply of empty snow globes, various miniatures, and tools like glue and tweezers.  Give a prize for the most creative miniature mayhem.<\/p>\n<p><i>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/dangerousminds.net\/\">Dangerous Minds<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artists Walter Martin and Paloma Mu\u00f1oz have been working with snow scenes a lot lately: Their recent works all seem to involve snow and miniature figures. In a series that they called Travelers, they created snow globes featuring miniature people being chased by wolves, menaced by giant spiders, or threatened by even more miniature people. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paint-it-black"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25227"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25249,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25227\/revisions\/25249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}