Some of the Black Forest dioramas were carved from single boards to form a 3-D scene, but others appear to have had some assembly. Pine was often used, as was black walnut.

This diorama is somewhat in the style of the Black Forest, which was a kind of carving that can be traced to an 1816 famine in Brienz, Switzerland.

In this video, I recreate a camping scene in the deep forest of two friends and their dog. Nothing would have happened without the appearance of the forest elves. They fell into its sights. There are ...