Phil Tippett’s legendary Berkeley studio is closing after almost 40 years. Original movie props, creatures, miniatures and memorabilia are now being sold. For Galaxy Diorama, this is a deeply personal goodbye. There are some news stories that are difficult to write. This is one of them. When we heard that Tippett Studio in Berkeley is […]
I have many heroes in my mind, and among them are certainly the artists and creatives who brought the Star Wars films to life.Not Jedi or space smugglers, but real people—often invisible—who gave physical form to an imaginary universe that is still alive today. We talked about this idea in our article “Star Wars dioramas, […]
When everything seems to be going wrong Anyone who builds Star Wars dioramas learns it very quickly: things don’t always turn out the way we imagine them.In fact, they almost never do. The creative journey is rarely linear. It’s made of detours, second thoughts, failed attempts, and difficult decisions. In our minds, the project already […]
