Category Archives: 2. Paper Models

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 →

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Pardie’s Celestial Globe (Christmas Ball version)

Posted on December 4, 2013 by paperpino

The Christmas Ball version of Pardies’ Celestial Globe is now available! Merry Christmas and a Wonderful 2014!

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Celestial Globe from Ignace-Gaston Pardies’ Tables

Posted on December 1, 2013 by paperpino

[diameter of the Celestial Globe: 25 cm] Visit the David Rumsey Map Collection website to admire and download Pardies’ star and constellation maps. Another great website with a lot of information about Pardies’ masterpiece is Atlas Coelestis (sorry, mostly in Italian…). … Continue reading →

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DRACULA (Hako version, 2004)

Posted on September 27, 2013 by paperpino

Years ago, paper modellers community was very excited by the so called hako designs, small paper figures mainly made of boxy parts assembled together. There was a bloom of paper hakos, some of them truly exquisite. As many others, I designed some hako models, too. Dracula was the first … Continue reading →

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Nocturnal Celestial Globe / Globo Celeste Notturno

Posted on April 27, 2013 by paperpino

           Petrus Plancius (Pieter Platevoet, 1552-1622) was a famous Flemish cartographer. He included new constellations in the austral celestial emisphere. In 1612, he drew 12 gores for a 14.5 cm diameter celestial globe, with eight new … Continue reading →

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Cassini’s Terrestrial and Celestial Globes (Christmas Balls version)

Posted on December 1, 2012 by paperpino

Giovanni Maria Cassini (1745-1824) was regarded as one of the last great Italian globemakers of the 18th century. Here, I present two 15 cm diameter globes in a Christmas ornament version. The larger version of the terrestrial globe was already … Continue reading →

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Cassini’s Terrestrial Globe / Globo Terrestre di Cassini

Posted on April 16, 2012 by paperpino

   Giovanni Maria Cassini (1745 – 1824) was an Italian globe maker, geographer, engraver, and cartographer. His  main cartographic work was the Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale of  1792-1801. In 1790, the Calcografia Camerale of Rome published his twelve terrestrial globe … Continue reading →

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Life is a Challenge / La Vita è una Sfida

Posted on January 2, 2012 by paperpino

Natural adaptation aims to provide the best performances, even though not for any needs. I was impressed by the posture of this 3D model, that captures the giraffe efforts in reaching the primary source of life: the water. – Size … Continue reading →

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Hammer & Sickle / Falce e Martello

Posted on January 1, 2012 by paperpino

An hour’s drive from Rostov, vast wheat fields welcome visitors to Zernograd, as do a couple of relics of the old Soviet days: a hammer-and-sickle monument and a statue of Lenin. Zernograd became a showpiece of the Soviet collectivized farm … Continue reading →

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