Glasgow Science Festival: Family Crafts: Showbox Diorama
Come make a Showbox Diorama at the Moving Image & Sound Archive, National Library at Kelvin Hall.
About Glasgow Science Festival: Family Crafts: Showbox Diorama
You can create your own miniature domestic scenes such as a futuristic living room or a 1950s kitchen using cardboard and other found materials which we will use to create an installation by the end of the week. Drop in and make yours.
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