Talented Painter Turns Humble Pennies into Stunningly Detailed Artworks
Bryanna ‘Bry” Marie is an Arizona-based artist who specializes in painting on coins, preferably pennies. She’s only been doing it for four years, but looking at the tiny details she’s able to reproduce on such tiny canvases, you’d think she’s been doing it her whole life. Painting is the only thing Bry Marie has loved […]
Artist Creates Sculpture Smaller Than a Blood Cell on a Hair Stubble
Renowned microsculptor Willard Wigan MBE has created the world’s smallest ever work of art by carving a motorcycle on a hollowed-out hair stubble, by hand, in between his heartbeats. The tiny masterpiece measures just 3 microns and is only visible through a microscope. 55-year-old Willard Wigan MBE was already famous for his tiny pinhead sculptures, but he […]
Talented Artist Paints on Butterfly Wings
Inspired by the beauty and history of his home town of Istanbul, Turkish artist Hasan Kale paints stunning miniature portraits on all kinds of unusual canvases, from butterfly wings to coffee beans and even tiny pepper seeds. No surface is to small for 53-year-old Hasan Kale. Ever since the 1980s, this Turkish micro art master […]
The Amazing Rice Grain Artworks of Chen Forng-Shean
Taiwanese artist Chen Forng-Shean uses little things like grains of rice and sand to create awe-inspiring miniature artworks. The self-taught artist spends up to several months in front of a magnifying glass, working on a single piece. Chen Forng-Shean has gained international recognition for his amazing talent of making incredible works of art out of […]
Illustrator Creates Incredibly Detailed Drawings Inside Matchbooks
Jason D’Aquino is an expert miniaturist who unleashes his talent on all kinds of recycled objects, from ledgers, leaflets, vintage calendars to small pieces of paper and even tiny matchbooks. And to make sure everyone understands just how skilled he is, the man doesn’t do some simple doodles, he recreates the Mona Lisa, vintage movie portraits […]
The Microscopic Marvels of Vladimir Aniskin
Vladimir Aniskin is one of the few people in the world who can create microscopic artworks so tiny they fit on half a poppy seed. The 33-year-old scientist, who works at the Syberian branch of the Russian Academy of Science, in Tyumen, has been practicing microminiature art since 1998, and devotes several months to completing […]