Miniature glass and jar terrariums (€140 – €260) from Etsy store Face of The Earth: self-contained bryophyte ecosystems incorporating tiny scenes inspired by TV and movie sets.
Above: the Beetlejuice house, the Crystal Ship RV from Breaking Bad and a Tolkienish hobbit hole.
Among many other intricately wrought marvels, Japanese artist Takahiro Iwasaki creates impossibly small and delicate architectural sculptures resting on mundane objects. Many of these went on show in 2011 at the Constellations exhibition at The Cornerhouse in Manchester.
You may also like his floating mirrored temples (currently on show at the 7th Asia pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art)
The Man Ring ($385) – a gonad-tastic titanium band with miniature foldaway bottle opener, straight blade, serrated blade, saw and moustache comb.
God damn.
Miniature bonsai tree sculptures made from wire by Ken To.
Celebrated miniaturist William Robertson’s 1/12 scale, fully functional replica of an 18th century tool chest, which took about 1000 hours to complete:
Robertson’s tool chest contains all the same tools that were found in the original. All the tools work, even the plane’s tote (handle) is set a scale 1/8″ to one side as the original. The saw has 160 teeth to the inch. Robinson says that the hardest tool to make was the folding rule with 5 leaf hinge. It is about .030″ thick and hand engraved on boxwood. Things like the shears and dividers also have nice little joints.
Also included in the tool chest are a Kent-style hatchet, claw hammer, a riviting hammer, marking gauge, five gimlets, a smooth plane, backsaw, saw wrest, divider, awl, round file, burnisher, inside/outside calipers, bevel gauge, try square, three turnscrews, four brad awls, an oilstone in its case, three tanged chisels, a mallet and a beak anvil. As stated all the tools are fully functional, with blades made of steel.
William Robertson Miniature Tool Chest (The Toolchest Site)
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Youtuber crazylilman771 sez:
Great little drum set! Only thirty bucks. Got it one year for my birthday. Not very sturdy, but it’s still really fun to play. I play the bass drum with my foot on the floor.
Mad skillz altogether.
Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg is the world’s largest model railway and one of Germany’s most successful tourist attractions: a 1300 square metre layout with over a thousand tiny trains, aircraft, cars and ships scooting over, under and through it.
Loving that voiceover.
