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Here's two photos of the exhibit.
Photo #01
Shelf One has an overview of paper models prior to the digital and online revolutions -- some Rigby models, a Jack Armstrong plane, an Alan Rose book, Micromodels, a (very small) Wilhelmshaven boat, then leading to a direct comparison between two Maly Modelarz kits, courtesy of Darwin Grigg.
Shelf Two focuses on pioneer Chip Fyn and Fiddlers Green's transition from postcard models to digital format.
Shelf Three spotlights Canon Creative Park, which I thought had the most variety of introductory and intermediate models in one site. (This exhibit was to help promote the library's STEAM program for young students.) Thanks to Jason Sutton for that magnificent Oriental Dragon!
Bottom shelf covers some of the more recent printed models, with die cutting, sound and light modules. Also the handout tray.
Photo #02
Shelf One: By special request, we included Pasadena-centric models, They still fondly remember Civil War balloonist Professor Thaddeus Lowe (a nearby mountain still bears his name), and his granddaughter Pancho Barnes, so models of the Intrepid balloon and a modified Travel Air "Mystery Ship" were added. Bob Penikas built the Vin Fiz, which landed on the current Cal Tech athletic field in 1911, Two PaperPino globes and a JPL-themed "rocket garden" fill the remaining space.
Shelf Two begins with two "spokespeople" offering downloading tips -- a pirate warning of digital piracy, and a zombie who didn't practice safe downloading or updated his antivirus program. Then some "Tools of the Trade", an explanation of paper models vs. origami, and funs things to do with paper models -- shrinking them to extremely small sizes, or using the parts as templates, as Bob Penikas did with his "Coke Zero".
Shelf Three gets crowded with little paper people -- hako-clones, cubees and more. A full-sized printed Wolverine smirks while Kirk and Spock discuss intellectural property, "fair use" and "fan art". Some miscellaneous models and an automata end this level.
Shelf Four featured Delta 7 Studios, followed by so many models that a bulldozer had to pile some into the far corner!
And yet, there were so many items I wanted to include, especially in the historical display. I had another Rigby book, an older Dover book, a Peter A. Zorn, Jr.'s kit, examples from LS, Wilhelmshaven, J.F. Schreibner, and GELI to represent Western Europe, a PMI catalog, and a more recent Halinski kit showing realistic weathering effects. But as you can see, I was barely able to squeeze in the basics.
David T. Okamura
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