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About me…
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My name is Giuseppe Civitarese, though everyone calls me Pino, and I come from Visintini, a tiny village in the province of Gorizia, Italy. I am an oceanographer by profession and, in my second life, a designer and builder of paper models. My passion for paper modelling began in 2000, when I decided to make a paper castle for my young nephew Matteo. As it turned out, Matteo never built a single paper model himself, while I have never given up the hobby. I am particularly interested in designing paper automata, as well as terrestrial and celestial globes based on digital reproductions of antique maps. _________________________Ciao!
Mi chiamo Giuseppe Civitarese, anche se tutti mi chiamano Pino, e vengo da Visintini, un piccolissimo borgo in provincia di Gorizia. Sono oceanografo di professione e, nella mia seconda vita, progetto e costruisco modelli di carta. La mia passione per il modellismo in carta è iniziata nel 2000, quando decisi di realizzare un castello di carta per il mio giovane nipote Matteo. A dire il vero, Matteo non ha mai costruito neppure un modello di carta, mentre io, da allora, non ho mai abbandonato questo hobby. Mi interessa in particolare progettare automi di carta, oltre a globi terrestri e celesti ricavati da riproduzioni digitali di carte antiche.Search
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Category Archives: 3. Paper Globes
Christmas gifts…
Coming soon, after Christmas… In the meantime… and many others…
Posted in 1. Paper Automata, 2. Paper Models, 3. Paper Globes, 5. Paper Toys
Tagged Christmas, Natale
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The MOON: the Near Side, the Dark Side
The MOON (High relief cm 33x23x6)
Posted in 2. Paper Models, 3. Paper Globes, 4. Paper Sculpture, 8. Other
Tagged The Moon
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Coronelli’s Celestial paper Globe (Christmas Ornament version)
Vincenzo Coronelli (August 16, 1650 – December 9, 1718) was a Franciscan friar, cosmographer, cartographer, publisher, and encyclopedist known in particular for his atlases and globes. He spent most of his life in Venice. He produced celestial and terrestrial globes … Continue reading
Posted in 2. Paper Models, 3. Paper Globes
Tagged 3d paper globe print out, celestial globe, Coronelli, globo celeste, paper globe
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Cassini’s Celestial paper Globe on AstroMedia
I’m proud to announce that my project of Cassini’s Celestial paper Globe (Christmas Ball version) has just been published in a nice hard copy version by AstroMedia, specialized in cardboard kits of scientific instruments and models.
“Remaking the Heavens” /2. Scan, prototype, and the North Pole
Almost two years already passed since I published my first (and last) post on “Remaking the Heavens”. Well, I worked on it, but not enough… The first thing I did was to scan the pages of the “Libro dei Globi”. … Continue reading
Fragile like an egg…
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Posted in 2. Paper Models, 3. Paper Globes
Tagged Earth, Easter, paper globe, Pasqua, Terra
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Coelum Stellatum Christianum (Christmas Ball Ornament)
Merry Christmas Happy 2015 A new year full of paper to cut, fold and glue!
Posted in 2. Paper Models, 3. Paper Globes
Tagged celestial globe, Cellarius, globo celeste, paper globe, Schiller
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COELUM STELLATUM CHRISTIANUM (1660)
Whilst Kepler was studying the planets motion, his son-in-law Jacob Bartsch, astronomer, Wilhelm Schickard, the astronomer and professor of Oriental languages at Tübingen, and Julius Schiller (c. 1580 – 1627), a lawyer from Ausburg, together with others were planning the … Continue reading
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Tagged celestial globe, Cellarius, globo celeste, mappamondo di carta, paper globe, paper models, Schiller
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