Providence Community Library hosted “Dear Diorama” – an exhibition of dioramas based on a particular scene from a book. I chose the last chapter of Shirley Jackson’s “We Have Always Lived in the Castle.” The opening paragraph is the best summary of the book though:

My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all, I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had. I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise. I like my sister Constance, and Richard Plantagenet, and Amanita phalloides, the death-cup mushroom. Everyone else in our family is dead.

The diorama contenders really brought it! So many good pieces. They recently moved from the Rochambeau branch to Craftland where they will be on display for a month or so. Catch ‘em!

After the poster by Katrina Clark below, is my dummy, followed by bits and pieces, to the final construction.