Art miniature

Imagine if we suddenly shrank and the world around us became huge for us. How would we live? We would have to rebuild our homes from different things, bugs would be a much scarier threat, and traveling would take much longer.

The Instagram page Weird Second-Hand Finds is where people send in interesting second-hand items they found while thrift shopping. It’s cheaper, more sustainable and more fun – you never know if you’ll find a rare knick-knack or some designer-brand piece.

art, canvas paper, room box, paint, paintbrush, tea bags, paint tubes, fotosketcher,

Since April 2011, art director and photographer Tatsuya Tanaka’s imagination has built a magnificent number of miniature worlds (previously here and here). Through the artist’s clever lens, everyday activities like construction work, walking the dog, getting a parking ticket, and plowing through a blizzard become delight-inducing scenarios. Tanaka also plays with pop culture references, buildingContinue reading "Tatsuya Tanaka Continues Building Tiny Worlds in his Daily Miniature Calendar…

Another year, another 365 days of miniature glory from Tatsuya Tanaka (previously). On a daily basis for the past seven years, the prolific Japanese miniature artist has shared unique images of imagined scenes created using the simple combination of everyday objects, tiny model humans, and his boundless imagination. (For anyone keeping track, that’d be overContinue reading "Potato Chip Sand Dunes, Spiral-Bound Swimming Lanes, and More Miniature Transformations from Tatsuya Tanaka"