We have so many ways of storing and sharing memories, most digital these days. The other day I was struck by the idea of creating 3d representations of memories or moments in our lives. How amazing to be able to hold in your hand a treasured moment from your life?
With this idea in mind I set out to try and recreate a memory that I knew would mean a lot to my mother and father. Mum and Dad are nothing if not competitive and at the ripe old age of 60, they decided they were going to take a serious shot at a Sailing World Championship. Never mind the olympians and 25 year olds in their physical prime, these parents of 4 soon to be grandparents, were going to take on the world. They trained and prepped and over a period of two weeks they won race after race to eventually become the 2011 World Tasar Sailing Champions. What a moment to commemorate.
With their memory in mind I set about creating their tiny racing boat as best I could, hand sculpting waves out of aluminium foil and trying to find appropriately posed tiny tiny tiny human figures for the sailors. There was a fine line between creating a model that was something unique and dynamic but that was also true enough to the moment to ensure it was an accurate representation of the memory.
I hope that in the future I can find more projects of this sort. It was such a fun challenge and you don’t find many modern/everyday dioramas, mostly they seem to be of fantasy or military ilk.
I would love to see 3d memories and treasures become something that people have in their home for those extra special moments, that a video or photo just doesn’t do justice for or perhaps that was missed and can only be described or created.
The inspirational memory and photograph of Bronwyn and Paul Ridgway sailing in their Tasar 
An artists interpretation of sea I used to jazz up the water 
5 cent piece for scale
