Here at Terra Rhapsody, each miniature diorama is handmade with earth in mind. This diorama was created as a commission for Golden Wedding Anniversary to sit under a glass bell jar atop a cake. The couple have a beautiful garden with a wisteria and a deep green bistro table and chairs which made the perfect template for a miniature scene.
The diorama had humble beginnings- a wooden base with packing foam and scrap copper wire covered with florists tape. The arch will be home to the wisteria, requiring purple and white racemes made from scrap wire and microbeads.
More scrap copper covered in florists tape makes up the trunk of the wisteria, ready for leaves and placement on the arch. Everything is made to approximately 1:12 scale.
The scene also needed to replicate the bistro set in miniature, made from coffee sticks and cocktail sticks.
A lick of bold turquoise paint and a cardboard and cocktail stick table complete the set.
And what Golden Anniversary would be complete without Champagne? A simple resin bottle transformed into a bottle of Taittinger with gold flake topper and aged label with the year of the vintage- 1972.
A piece of scrap fabric, metal thimble and soft plastic pieces create the perfect ice bucket for the champagne.
The wisteria is leafed up with leaves punched from paper and the foam base painted and flocked. Everything is now ready to assemble the full scene.
The wisteria arch, chairs and table, complete with champagne, ice bucket and champagne flutes. A final few details for the base finalise the piece.
Tufts of grass, flowers, dead plant materials and scattered fallen leaves add detail to the grassy base. Now also home to a miniature representation of the robin that visits the couple in their garden, made with wire, polymorph, feathers cocktail stick and microbeads.
After over 20 hours work, the glass bell jar dome tops it perfectly. Ready to sit on top of the Anniversary cake.
A wonderful personal and sentimental gift made with earth in mind.
Get in touch if you'd like to discuss a special cake topper miniature making just for you. A perfect keepsake to last long after the cake is gone, they are perfect as Wedding cake toppers too.