Hand Sculpted Dollhouse Miniature Animals

Lovely little animals, created at 1:12 scale of their real life size.

Tiny Miniature Bonsai Trees and Miniature Origami Leafs

If you like origami and Bonsai trees, you will love this post.

Miniature Sculptures and Stencils to Create Architecture

Miniature buildings that look like the real thing.

Detailed Carvings on Hobo Nickel Coins

Coins that carry carved stories on them.

Glass Jewellery Pendants Sculptures

Amazing glass pendants, some of which glow under UV light.

Dolls House Miniature Clay Food Art

This is the second time we feature Kim Clough aka (fairchildart) an Artist with an amazing eye for detail and Miniaturist by day, Medical Lab Scientist by night.  She tells us how she started in 2008, with a book from Sue Heaser, "Making Doll's House Miniatures with Polymer Clay", in which there are many easy to follow tutorials, covering many different types of miniatures.  Now she uses reference pictures, of real food from different angles, to create her tiny replicas.  She buys the cutlery and the dishes, with each clay sculpture taking between 1 and 3 hours to complete, depending on the complexity.

Miniature Photo Studio Building from the 1900s

Turkish artist Ali Alamedy, spent 9 moths on this project, building from scratch every single piece.  He has had to do a lot of research, in order to create a Photographic Studio, which could have existed, in the 1900s.  To bring this room to life, Alamedy has had to build, paint, all sorts of materials that include materials like wood, plastic, copper, paper and more.  We have included below a lot of pictures so that we can all appreciate the amount of work that went into this Miniature Diorama.

Galaxies Sculpted in Space Glass Globes

Satoshi Tomizu (とみず　さとし) is a Japanese Glass Artist, that does amazing things with molten glass.  In this post, we are going to focus on his space inspired globes.  We have included two videos below, that show his technique and one of his pieces in more detail.  He has completed a huge amount of these orbs, we have chosen a selection of them, so that you can see how lovely and diverse they are.

Miniature Pencil Graphite Sculptures

Thomas Lynall is a specialist bespoke jewellery manufacturer, located in Birmingham's prestigious Jewellery Quarter, in the UK.  He has been working in this profession for the last 10 years, mostly making jewellery out of precious metals.  Today, we are going to have a look at his miniature pencil sculptures.  Once in the article you can enlarge the image by pressing it (not the first one).  Enjoy these amazingly small and delicate sculptures.

Miniature Carvings of Pencil Graphite

Cindy Chinn considers herself lucky to be a full time artist, doing something she loves and an occupation that allows her to go in any direction her interests take her.  She describes how every day she spends some time to see what other artists are up to, to see if anything grabs her fancy, Chinn Paints, does Metal Work, Wood Carving and more.  In today's post we are going to concentrate on her miniature pencil carving, they are very intricate and equally delicate.  Amazing precision and dexterity is necessary to produce such fine work. Very Well Done.  If you want to see more of this kind of art, key in, in the top right hand of the page, under (Search This Blog) - "pencil sculptures" and press (Search).

Little People with a Big Message

Isaac Cordal can be described as a Street Artist or a narrator of the times we live in.  He uses little figurines to highlight our existence and send a message, asking us to slow down our busy lives and look around, notice things and people surrounding us.  He does this in a very subtle way, he doesn't write an explanation of what he is trying to convey with these pictures, he just presents us with the images and leaves it to us to form an opinion.  We are going to do the same and not add a narrative.

Architectural Miniature Worlds Inside Glass Test Tubes

Dutch Freelance Designer, Art Director and Animator Rosa de Jong creates art in many different mediums, today we are going to focus on her handmade tiny, little, miniature worlds that come into existence, inside glass test tubes.  For each of the miniatures you have, a detail and a work in progress, that will allow you to see how small they are, with references to gauge their scales and see how they are put together.

Miniature Movie Sets and Realistic Sculptures

Company the Musée Cinéma et Miniature, was created by miniaturist Artist Dan Ohlmann.  These Hyper-Realistic miniature sculptures and recreations are built by him and the other talented artists that form his team.  They are listed with each image.  We have also included restoration works, that have been undertaken by Musée Cinéma et Miniature, like the Capitol building from Independence Day and the Alien Queen from the movie franchise, Alien.  Enlarge the images to see all of the amazing and realistic details in the models.

Amezaiku Japanese Art of Candy Animal Sculptures

Ame-shin is a beautiful store that keeps the 8th century tradition of Amezaiku alive.  Amezaiku is a sculpture technique that uses heated candy at 90°C to make it malleable.  The sculpture must be finished within a few minutes, before it hardens again.  The the sculpture can be cut, pulled and bent but no part can be cut off, as waste is frowned upon.  A characteristic of this process is that they are formed and therefore always sold on a stick.

Miniature Sculptures in Pencil Graphite / Lead.

Miniature Artist Jasenko Đorđević from Tuzla, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has always had an interest in creating miniatures, pushing himself go to smaller and smaller.  He now sculpts shapes using the Graphite in pencils, which requires extreme skill, patience, good eyesight and a delicate touch.  Enjoy Đorđević's work and find links to more Graphite art on DesignStack below.

Architectural and Movie - Pencil Sculpture and Carving

Talented multi disciplinary Russian Artist, Salavat Fidai (Салават Фидаи) applies his talents to various forms of art that include: Painting, Photography and Sculpting / Carving.  In today's post we are going to cover the last one, we have put together, static images and videos to show you, just how amazingly precise and delicate his carving movements have to be, to find the finish object in the lead of the pencils he uses.

Tiny Miniature Pottery Vases, Teapots and Bowls

American Pottery maker Jon Almeda from Almeda Pottery tells us on his site that, for years he pushed and strived go as big as he could with his pottery.  One day when he was in a book store, he came across a book that was called "Creating Ceramic Miniatures".  From that day onwards, his work has changed completely, though he still throws on his big wheel, he now produces tiny pots and vases that are as detailed and proportioned as the corresponding normal sized ones.  Videos below will show him at work, it is amazing...

Miniature Animal Sculptures that fit on your Hand

Self taught artist ReveMiniatures loves to make 1/12 scale (12 times smaller than the real thing) miniature animals.  The size is not the only amazing thing, it's that he manages to create realistic expressions on his small models.  Reve mostly lists as his or her materials: polymer clay, natural fibres (yarn) and hand painted details.  We have put together a collection of animals for you that includes Cats, Dogs, Birds and Wild Animals.

Miniature Sculpture that look Real

Guild of Miniature Artisans Artist and Sculptor Kerri Pajutee makes her sculptures look like the real thing, just a bit shrunken down.  This is how Pajutee describes her miniature sculptures "freehand polymer clay over delicate wire armature, dressed in permanent coats of applied natural fibers".  The main reason for her love of miniatures, is that you can create tiny worlds that contain special memories or recreations of personal encounters, that are always there to act as reminders.

Scientific Glassblowing with Miniatures

After completing a degree in Scientific Glassblowing Kiva Ford went on to spend years creating, complex and one of a kind glass instruments for scientists.  The complexity of the work as well as the variation in details between jobs, means that his work, cannot be mass produced or attempted by a machine.  Below is a video that illustrates more of Ford's technique and story, followed by a number of images of glass goblets, bottles, pendants and vessels.  Amazing how he manages to encases glass in glass...