I "ran for Artist" during the last election in a performance/public art space project. I placed election signs around Baltimore County and at polling places. I received quite a few write-ins, and I made a lot of people laugh.

?To attract mates, these woodborers create a tapping or ticking sound that can be heard in the rafters of old buildings on quiet summer nights. They are therefore associated with quiet, sleepless nights and are named for the vigil (watch) kept beside the dying or dead, and by extension the superstitious have seen the death watch as an omen of impending death.? ~Wikipedia

When the death watch beetle opens, if you are lucky enough to witness such a thing, it becomes a window into the Land of the Dead. This beetle is showing Charon (the ferryman) launching a ship across the dead sea.

A tiny diorama in an Altoids tin, featuring book print, paper drawing cut-outs and ink.

1) A diorama in a Hershey's Cocoa powder tin. This scene is made of paper cut-out drawings and shows the Ghoul consorting with the Grackles.
2) Land of the Dead shows a view through two coffins into the afterlife. This diorama is lit from inside and features swinging lanterns.
3) The Glimmermen are an Irish trio that recorded their album here in Baltimore. I made a diorama for their cover art.

Tiny dioramas in an Altoids "Smalls" Tin, comprised of pen and ink paper cut-out drawings.

A tiny diorama featuring pen and Ink drawing paper cut-outs in an old sardine tin.

Dioramas in tin: paper, thread, wire

Diorama in a vintage soap tin. This is currently on display in the American Visionary Art Museum.

Diorama in a sardine tin with pen and ink on paper.

I found myself with a surplus of spoons (hundreds and hundreds), and discovered they are a good medium for small dioramas.

Diorama in a bottle, made from match sticks, paper, resin.