Category Archives: 2. Paper Models

Coronelli’s Celestial paper Globe (Christmas Ornament version)

Posted on December 3, 2016 by paperpino

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 →

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Fabergé paper Egg

Posted on March 15, 2016 by paperpino

Note: texture modified from the original by 3DTaxi A Fabergé egg (Russian: Яйца Фаберже́; yaytsa faberzhe) is one of a limited number of jeweled eggs created by Peter Carl Fabergé and his company between 1885 and 1917. The most famous are … Continue reading →

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“Blue Marble: Next Generation”. Twelve Earth Globes (Christmas Edition)

Posted on November 19, 2015 by paperpino

… In 1972, from a distance of about 45,000 km (28,000 mi), the crew of Apollo 17 took one of the most famous photographs ever made of the Earth. This original Blue Marble inspired later images of the Earth compiled … Continue reading →

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Romeo

Posted on November 12, 2015 by paperpino

Romeo was our most beloved cat. He died last year. Last spring we adopted a new kitten, who was lost in the middle of the Karst, where we live. We gave him the name of Romeo, again, because of its … Continue reading →

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Fragile like an egg…

Posted on March 29, 2015 by paperpino

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Coelum Stellatum Christianum (Christmas Ball Ornament)

Posted on November 27, 2014 by paperpino

Merry Christmas Happy 2015 A new year full of paper to cut, fold and glue!

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COELUM STELLATUM CHRISTIANUM (1660)

Posted on November 23, 2014 by paperpino

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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Do you remember “The MATRIX”?

Posted on August 10, 2014 by paperpino

after the hako infection (2004)…

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The first time the word “America”…

Posted on February 1, 2014 by paperpino

… appeared on Earth. Globe diameter: 12 cm In 1901 Joseph Fisher, a Jesuit historian who was conducting research in in the library of Prince Johannes zu Waldburg- Wolfegg in Wolfegg Castle in Württemberg, Germany, discovered the famous large Waldseemueller’s … Continue reading →