Dragon Fired Tea House Miniature
Dragon Fired Tea House Miniature

This is one of three sections of a 6’ long 18” high model. Meet the kitchen staff.

Tea House Diorama
Tea House Diorama

One of three sections of a 6’ long 18” tall model in the window of The Tea Store in Montclair, NJ.

Miniature Interior with Octopus
Miniature Interior with Octopus

This is the ‘tea room’ section of a 6’ long 18” tall model. Best multitasker in the business.

Miniature Earth with Buildings and Clouds
Miniature Earth with Buildings and Clouds

This was rigged to spin. About 2’ in diameter. For Intel commercial

Miniature Landscape with Buildings
Miniature Landscape with Buildings

This is part of a 4 x 4’ model relating to the previous earth model, as if the camera zoomed in. Intel commercial

Fake Cloud
Fake Cloud

We made various clouds out of fiberfill to float around the earth in the Intel commercial

Miniature Brownstone Model
Miniature Brownstone Model

Noir Flonase commercial. Scale 1"= 1'

Snowy Mountain Model
Snowy Mountain Model

In progress stage, about to add trees… For Chanel

Chanel Bags Float over Miniature Snowy Mountain
Chanel Bags Float over Miniature Snowy Mountain

Chanel Print ad for Paris Vogue. Art Director Noemi Bonazzi

Miniature Swiss City Model
Miniature Swiss City Model

European cell phone commercial

Miniature Icicles
Miniature Icicles

We made a bunch of these to put in a miniature snow covered mountain village.

Miniature House Full Head Mask
Miniature House Full Head Mask

Different home styles for different people. For a California Real Estate commercial.

Miniature House Model and Full Head Mask
Miniature House Model and Full Head Mask

Also in the costumes section, it’s the perfect mix of the two catagories. For California Real Estate commercial

Miniature House Model and Full Head Mask
Miniature House Model and Full Head Mask

These had comfy bike helmets on the inside for a snug fit. For California Real Estate association.

Miniature House and Full Head Mask
Miniature House and Full Head Mask

These were designed to be as light and balanced as possible so they could be worn for up to 45 minutes at a time. These actors were real troupers!

Miniature Space Ship Model
Miniature Space Ship Model

The rare model space ship job. For Papa Gino's. I had just finished it and went to spray it with matte clear and it was actually silver paint!!! and it was 2 AM! Fixed it and went to bed at 4.

10" Model Moon
10" Model Moon

Maybe the most miniature thing we have ever made

Miniature Model for Lazy Boy
Miniature Model for Lazy Boy

Endless zoom in from outer space - an excellent Peter Corbett job.

Miniature Landscape with Rooftops and Cars
Miniature Landscape with Rooftops and Cars

Daylight version. Lazy Boy Furniture Stores ad.

Miniature Tokyo Set for Music Video
Miniature Tokyo Set for Music Video

Beastie Boys Intergalactic video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORYO0atB6g

Miniature Tokyo Set for Beastie Boys Music video
Miniature Tokyo Set for Beastie Boys Music video

Detail

Miniature Tokyo Set for Beastie Boys
Miniature Tokyo Set for Beastie Boys

Intergalactic music video

Miniature Tokyo Models for Beastie Boys
Miniature Tokyo Models for Beastie Boys

A guy in a robot costume stomped in the streets all over these models https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORYO0atB6g

MetLife Miniature Board Room Model
MetLife Miniature Board Room Model

A model of the existing Metlife board room. A parting gift for the CEO of MetLife.

Miniature Coffered Ceiling Model
Miniature Coffered Ceiling Model

Working LEDs in the coffered ceiling. This is the hinged lid of the MetLife board room model.

MetLife miniature boardroom
MetLife miniature boardroom

A view from the side door

MetLife Miniature
MetLife Miniature
Miniature Basketball and Hoop Props
Miniature Basketball and Hoop Props

We made a rig that would launch the ball into the air and drop it in the mini net every time. Rice Crispies commercial

Miniature Basketball Hoop and Net
Miniature Basketball Hoop and Net

Made of embroidery thread on a tiny spoked form.

Miniature Oak Tree and Tree House
Miniature Oak Tree and Tree House

This was 1" = 1'  with a whole lot of laser cut oak leaves. Pennsylvania Lottery commercial

Miniature Oak Tree
Miniature Oak Tree

Studio shot of leaves and bark of the miniature tree which used about 5000 laser cut paper leaves. The tree was about 36-40" tall

Miniature Ornate Building Model
Miniature Ornate Building Model

 The sign in back had hundreds of mini light bulbs and a controller to create the appearance of shorting out on cue. Sign malfunction equals constipation, so EAT TOTAL CEREAL. Yet another excellent Peter Corbett job!

Miniature House Model in a Big Brawny Parody for SNL
Miniature House Model in a Big Brawny Parody for SNL

The roof lifts off so Big Brawny can access the women inside!

Diorama for Comedic Crash
Diorama for Comedic Crash

The house blew up when the truck crashed into it. SNL

Miniature Diner Model
Miniature Diner Model

This model was 48" wide. The stainless cladding was formed with custom dies piece by piece using shim stock.

The diner was used in a short movie, sort of a Twilight Zone episode, where the diner is actually an alien ship that blasts off at the end.

 

Miniature Metal Diner Model
Miniature Metal Diner Model

48" wide and based on a real diner in upstate NY.

Miniature Tunnel Model
Miniature Tunnel Model

For Flonase commercial. What’s Flonase?  it makes your nasal passages flow.

Bridge Model
Bridge Model

With lit steet lamp for Flonase

Egyptian Queen Prop
Egyptian Queen Prop

For Flonase commercial. Sculpted, cast in resin, painted gold.

Miniature Gotham Model
Miniature Gotham Model

Lube Joint TV commercial when the first Tim Burton Batman movie came out.

Miniature Gotham City Model
Miniature Gotham City Model

More buildings for a Lube commercial that used a 'Batman' visual theme

Miniature Gotham City Model
Miniature Gotham City Model

TIm Burton-esque lube commercial

Miniature Gotham City
Miniature Gotham City

I think a couple was driving a car around a questionable city looking for a reliable lube joint. All there was were these freakish places, until of course they pulled into the best lube joint ever.

Miniature Gotham model
Miniature Gotham model

The dice rotated on Lucky’s Oil Palace.

Gotham City Model
Gotham City Model

As you can see by the 6’ tall guys behind the buildings, this set was not miniature. Fun job!

Gotham City Model for Lube Joint Commercial
Gotham City Model for Lube Joint Commercial

My favorite one, the Dali-esque clock

Hogans Heroes Diorama
Hogans Heroes Diorama

TV commercial for VCR tapes.  I was under the table with a spoon, pitching dirt out of a tiny hole. “Dig your way to comedy"

Apollo 13 Miniature for Hardees
Apollo 13 Miniature for Hardees

The Saturn V custom model was 5' tall. That little head up there is Rob A. Another excellent Peter Corbett job.

Apollo 13 Hardees
Apollo 13 Hardees

TV commercial

Custom Slot Car Decals
Custom Slot Car Decals

We created new decals for these slot cars. Nascar commercial

Miniature Nascar Slot Track
Miniature Nascar Slot Track

Nascar commercial on ESPN

Slot Car Race for Nascar
Slot Car Race for Nascar

The cars had to be tethered together if more than 3 travelled on the same track. Limited juice runs through the individual tracks

Miniature Nascar Slot Track
Miniature Nascar Slot Track

Nascar commercial

Saddam's Lego Hidey Hole
Saddam's Lego Hidey Hole

For The Carson Daly Show. This was Saddam's “rat hole” rendered in Lego

Dinosaur Lego Display Prototype
Dinosaur Lego Display Prototype
White Truck with Bug on Top
White Truck with Bug on Top

Pesticide commercial

Miniature Tokyo at Night Model
Miniature Tokyo at Night Model

AT&T commercial

German Burger King commercial
German Burger King commercial

Burger kaiser

Miniature Barn Model
Miniature Barn Model

Forced perspective for German Burger King

Miniature Ziggurat
Miniature Ziggurat

AT&T commercial

Miniature New York buildings
Miniature New York buildings

AT&T commercial

Miniature Factory Detail
Miniature Factory Detail

Kraft tv commercial

Miniature Rusty Dungeon Doors
Miniature Rusty Dungeon Doors

Kraft commercial

Kraft Commercial
Kraft Commercial
Kraft Factory Dome
Kraft Factory Dome
Store Window Choo Choo
Store Window Choo Choo
Store Window Caboose
Store Window Caboose

Store Window Biplane
Store Window Biplane
Miniature Paddle Boat
Miniature Paddle Boat

Lord & Taylor window in NYC

Pooping Man
Pooping Man

Cast in translucent resin from SLA parts. With sewn clothing and crepe hair. This man sits on a giant pigeon’s head as seen in the oversized props section.

20 foot long Miniature Town Model
20 foot long Miniature Town Model

Irish village. For TSB commercial. 1" = 1’

Miniature Irish Village Night Scene
Miniature Irish Village Night Scene

This is the town square at the end of a 20' long street. TSB commercial

Miniature Irish Country Side Model
Miniature Irish Country Side Model

This was about 14' wide. TSB Irish Bank commercial

Miniature Tractor and Farm
Miniature Tractor and Farm

For the Irish bank commercial

Flying Lemon Wedge Diorama
Flying Lemon Wedge Diorama

Pillow fibre fill is magic.

Miniature Beach Diorama
Miniature Beach Diorama

We made the boardwalk, beach, water, and car.

Castle In Progress
Castle In Progress

TV commercial for Barbie Castle with Rolling Hills and Trees

Minature Table and Lamp
Minature Table and Lamp

Tiny little model for a phone company commercial. Before cell phones were a thing

Miniature Gas Stove Model
Miniature Gas Stove Model

Watched Netflix while building it out of styrene and plex.

fake water
fake water

sculpted in clay and cast in resin

mini blue paper box
mini blue paper box

actually cast in resin

door dash miniature with a collapsable box rig
door dash miniature with a collapsable box rig

the boxes fell away as a hand puppetted moped raced through them

door dash miniature with cookies
door dash miniature with cookies

The cookies are part of the landscape because this was a Doordash Girlscout cookie commercial. There were cases of cookies all around that one could eat if they wanted to

Doordash and Girl Scouts miniature
Doordash and Girl Scouts miniature

That kitchen addition spun around as the camera approached

mirror igloo
mirror igloo

its a miniature technically because its little, but its really just a mirror igloo …for a Noemi Bonazzi shoot

Dragon Fired Tea House Miniature
Tea House Diorama
Miniature Interior with Octopus
Miniature Earth with Buildings and Clouds
Miniature Landscape with Buildings
Fake Cloud
Miniature Brownstone Model
Snowy Mountain Model
Chanel Bags Float over Miniature Snowy Mountain
Miniature Swiss City Model
Miniature Icicles
Miniature House Full Head Mask
Miniature House Model and Full Head Mask
Miniature House Model and Full Head Mask
Miniature House and Full Head Mask
Miniature Space Ship Model
10" Model Moon
Miniature Model for Lazy Boy
Miniature Landscape with Rooftops and Cars
Miniature Tokyo Set for Music Video
Miniature Tokyo Set for Beastie Boys Music video
Miniature Tokyo Set for Beastie Boys
Miniature Tokyo Models for Beastie Boys
MetLife Miniature Board Room Model
Miniature Coffered Ceiling Model
MetLife miniature boardroom
MetLife Miniature
Miniature Basketball and Hoop Props
Miniature Basketball Hoop and Net
Miniature Oak Tree and Tree House
Miniature Oak Tree
Miniature Ornate Building Model
Miniature House Model in a Big Brawny Parody for SNL
Diorama for Comedic Crash
Miniature Diner Model
Miniature Metal Diner Model
Miniature Tunnel Model
Bridge Model
Egyptian Queen Prop
Miniature Gotham Model
Miniature Gotham City Model
Miniature Gotham City Model
Miniature Gotham City
Miniature Gotham model
Gotham City Model
Gotham City Model for Lube Joint Commercial
Hogans Heroes Diorama
Apollo 13 Miniature for Hardees
Apollo 13 Hardees
Custom Slot Car Decals
Miniature Nascar Slot Track
Slot Car Race for Nascar
Miniature Nascar Slot Track
Saddam's Lego Hidey Hole
Dinosaur Lego Display Prototype
White Truck with Bug on Top
Miniature Tokyo at Night Model
German Burger King commercial
Miniature Barn Model
Miniature Ziggurat
Miniature New York buildings
Miniature Factory Detail
Miniature Rusty Dungeon Doors
Kraft Commercial
Kraft Factory Dome
Store Window Choo Choo
Store Window Caboose
Store Window Biplane
Miniature Paddle Boat
Pooping Man
20 foot long Miniature Town Model
Miniature Irish Village Night Scene
Miniature Irish Country Side Model
Miniature Tractor and Farm
Flying Lemon Wedge Diorama
Miniature Beach Diorama
Castle In Progress
Minature Table and Lamp
Miniature Gas Stove Model
fake water
mini blue paper box
door dash miniature with a collapsable box rig
door dash miniature with cookies
Doordash and Girl Scouts miniature
mirror igloo
Dragon Fired Tea House Miniature

This is one of three sections of a 6’ long 18” high model. Meet the kitchen staff.

Tea House Diorama

One of three sections of a 6’ long 18” tall model in the window of The Tea Store in Montclair, NJ.

Miniature Interior with Octopus

This is the ‘tea room’ section of a 6’ long 18” tall model. Best multitasker in the business.

Miniature Earth with Buildings and Clouds

This was rigged to spin. About 2’ in diameter. For Intel commercial

Miniature Landscape with Buildings

This is part of a 4 x 4’ model relating to the previous earth model, as if the camera zoomed in. Intel commercial

Fake Cloud

We made various clouds out of fiberfill to float around the earth in the Intel commercial

Miniature Brownstone Model

Noir Flonase commercial. Scale 1"= 1'

Snowy Mountain Model

In progress stage, about to add trees… For Chanel

Chanel Bags Float over Miniature Snowy Mountain

Chanel Print ad for Paris Vogue. Art Director Noemi Bonazzi

Miniature Swiss City Model

European cell phone commercial

Miniature Icicles

We made a bunch of these to put in a miniature snow covered mountain village.

Miniature House Full Head Mask

Different home styles for different people. For a California Real Estate commercial.

Miniature House Model and Full Head Mask

Also in the costumes section, it’s the perfect mix of the two catagories. For California Real Estate commercial

Miniature House Model and Full Head Mask

These had comfy bike helmets on the inside for a snug fit. For California Real Estate association.

Miniature House and Full Head Mask

These were designed to be as light and balanced as possible so they could be worn for up to 45 minutes at a time. These actors were real troupers!

Miniature Space Ship Model

The rare model space ship job. For Papa Gino's. I had just finished it and went to spray it with matte clear and it was actually silver paint!!! and it was 2 AM! Fixed it and went to bed at 4.

10" Model Moon

Maybe the most miniature thing we have ever made

Miniature Model for Lazy Boy

Endless zoom in from outer space - an excellent Peter Corbett job.

Miniature Landscape with Rooftops and Cars

Daylight version. Lazy Boy Furniture Stores ad.

Miniature Tokyo Set for Music Video

Beastie Boys Intergalactic video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORYO0atB6g

Miniature Tokyo Set for Beastie Boys Music video

Detail

Miniature Tokyo Set for Beastie Boys

Intergalactic music video

Miniature Tokyo Models for Beastie Boys

A guy in a robot costume stomped in the streets all over these models https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORYO0atB6g

MetLife Miniature Board Room Model

A model of the existing Metlife board room. A parting gift for the CEO of MetLife.

Miniature Coffered Ceiling Model

Working LEDs in the coffered ceiling. This is the hinged lid of the MetLife board room model.

MetLife miniature boardroom

A view from the side door

MetLife Miniature
Miniature Basketball and Hoop Props

We made a rig that would launch the ball into the air and drop it in the mini net every time. Rice Crispies commercial

Miniature Basketball Hoop and Net

Made of embroidery thread on a tiny spoked form.

Miniature Oak Tree and Tree House

This was 1" = 1'  with a whole lot of laser cut oak leaves. Pennsylvania Lottery commercial

Miniature Oak Tree

Studio shot of leaves and bark of the miniature tree which used about 5000 laser cut paper leaves. The tree was about 36-40" tall

Miniature Ornate Building Model

 The sign in back had hundreds of mini light bulbs and a controller to create the appearance of shorting out on cue. Sign malfunction equals constipation, so EAT TOTAL CEREAL. Yet another excellent Peter Corbett job!

Miniature House Model in a Big Brawny Parody for SNL

The roof lifts off so Big Brawny can access the women inside!

Diorama for Comedic Crash

The house blew up when the truck crashed into it. SNL

Miniature Diner Model

This model was 48" wide. The stainless cladding was formed with custom dies piece by piece using shim stock.

The diner was used in a short movie, sort of a Twilight Zone episode, where the diner is actually an alien ship that blasts off at the end.

 

Miniature Metal Diner Model

48" wide and based on a real diner in upstate NY.

Miniature Tunnel Model

For Flonase commercial. What’s Flonase?  it makes your nasal passages flow.

Bridge Model

With lit steet lamp for Flonase

Egyptian Queen Prop

For Flonase commercial. Sculpted, cast in resin, painted gold.

Miniature Gotham Model

Lube Joint TV commercial when the first Tim Burton Batman movie came out.

Miniature Gotham City Model

More buildings for a Lube commercial that used a 'Batman' visual theme

Miniature Gotham City Model

TIm Burton-esque lube commercial

Miniature Gotham City

I think a couple was driving a car around a questionable city looking for a reliable lube joint. All there was were these freakish places, until of course they pulled into the best lube joint ever.

Miniature Gotham model

The dice rotated on Lucky’s Oil Palace.

Gotham City Model

As you can see by the 6’ tall guys behind the buildings, this set was not miniature. Fun job!

Gotham City Model for Lube Joint Commercial

My favorite one, the Dali-esque clock

Hogans Heroes Diorama

TV commercial for VCR tapes.  I was under the table with a spoon, pitching dirt out of a tiny hole. “Dig your way to comedy"

Apollo 13 Miniature for Hardees

The Saturn V custom model was 5' tall. That little head up there is Rob A. Another excellent Peter Corbett job.

Apollo 13 Hardees

TV commercial

Custom Slot Car Decals

We created new decals for these slot cars. Nascar commercial

Miniature Nascar Slot Track

Nascar commercial on ESPN

Slot Car Race for Nascar

The cars had to be tethered together if more than 3 travelled on the same track. Limited juice runs through the individual tracks

Miniature Nascar Slot Track

Nascar commercial

Saddam's Lego Hidey Hole

For The Carson Daly Show. This was Saddam's “rat hole” rendered in Lego

Dinosaur Lego Display Prototype
White Truck with Bug on Top

Pesticide commercial

Miniature Tokyo at Night Model

AT&T commercial

German Burger King commercial

Burger kaiser

Miniature Barn Model

Forced perspective for German Burger King

Miniature Ziggurat

AT&T commercial

Miniature New York buildings

AT&T commercial

Miniature Factory Detail

Kraft tv commercial

Miniature Rusty Dungeon Doors

Kraft commercial

Kraft Commercial
Kraft Factory Dome
Store Window Choo Choo
Store Window Caboose

Store Window Biplane
Miniature Paddle Boat

Lord & Taylor window in NYC

Pooping Man

Cast in translucent resin from SLA parts. With sewn clothing and crepe hair. This man sits on a giant pigeon’s head as seen in the oversized props section.

20 foot long Miniature Town Model

Irish village. For TSB commercial. 1" = 1’

Miniature Irish Village Night Scene

This is the town square at the end of a 20' long street. TSB commercial

Miniature Irish Country Side Model

This was about 14' wide. TSB Irish Bank commercial

Miniature Tractor and Farm

For the Irish bank commercial

Flying Lemon Wedge Diorama

Pillow fibre fill is magic.

Miniature Beach Diorama

We made the boardwalk, beach, water, and car.

Castle In Progress

TV commercial for Barbie Castle with Rolling Hills and Trees

Minature Table and Lamp

Tiny little model for a phone company commercial. Before cell phones were a thing

Miniature Gas Stove Model

Watched Netflix while building it out of styrene and plex.

fake water

sculpted in clay and cast in resin

mini blue paper box

actually cast in resin

door dash miniature with a collapsable box rig

the boxes fell away as a hand puppetted moped raced through them

door dash miniature with cookies

The cookies are part of the landscape because this was a Doordash Girlscout cookie commercial. There were cases of cookies all around that one could eat if they wanted to

Doordash and Girl Scouts miniature

That kitchen addition spun around as the camera approached

mirror igloo

its a miniature technically because its little, but its really just a mirror igloo …for a Noemi Bonazzi shoot

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