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]]>Lin first got into miniature art, wanting to capture everyday scenes and moments from his life. However, during the pandemic, when traveling was almost impossible, he decided to also start creating scenes that feature destinations he would visit and tourist attractions he would like to see one day.
Despite being done in miniature format, Lin’s works perfectly capture the vibe of the place and serve as an inspiration for wanderlust.
So far, Lin’s miniature art has taken him to New York City, where he “visited” Soho and Flatiron Building; Greece, where he bathed under the sun of Santorini; and Japan, where he explored Tokyo, Kyoto, and Itsukushima.
Lin managed to personally experience some of the destinations featured in his works, but that only encouraged him to keep on creating and adding places and landmarks to his “bucket list.” The artist frequently shares his newest works on social media while also making their prints available for purchase through society6. Check out more of them below.
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]]>Based in Philadelphia, Leshko’s art has drawn crowds both locally and internationally, and is included in the permanent collection of the Urban Nation Museum (Berlin), the Dean Collection (NYC), the West Collection (Philadelphia), and many private collections throughout the world.
A seasoned creator, Leshko has been making small sculptures since 2005 when he finished school at West Chester University. “I like to tell people that they’re typical 90-95% paper, but in the end they are mixed media sculptures,” he shared in an interview with Create! Magazine.
Working from observation and photographs, Leshko’s work is a three-dimensional study of the architecture in his neighborhood, recreating building facades at a 1:12 scale. “I work from photographs and scale my sculpture with simple math equations,” he further explained. “I typically only use the reference image for roughly the first half of the process. After that point, I discard the image and work from memory.”
According to Leshko, working from memory is a strategic move he likes to equate to seeing something in person. “You only remember so many details and your memory makes mistakes, so in some ways you are mentally rebuilding an experience in the same way I’m constructing my sculptures,” he adds. “This also allows me to be less strict and more creative.”
Subjects have included a local deli, his grandfather’s 80s camper, iceboxes, and even dumpsters. “I’m always experimenting and trying new techniques, but I don’t set aside time to do so,” says Leshko. “Everything is a learning experience and sometimes pieces just don’t work out successfully.” But more often than not, the result is awe striking.
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]]>Made in 1:12, 1:6, and 1:3 scale, Michaux’s sweets are PVC based clay models made from polymer clay from Germany, the US, and Japan. She also uses professional modeling accessories made in the US, Japan, and Europe. For more bulky models, in 1:3 scale, Michaux’s uses air dry clay from Padico (Japan), while resin and gelatin models are made from a water simulator (from the UK) or a special resin from Padico.
Littlest Sweet Shopのミニチュア
(@littlestsweetshop)“I had always wanted to own a sweet shop since I was a little girl,” writes Michaux on her website. “I was always fascinated by the colors in a sweet shop and I also have quite a sweet tooth.” Launched in 2012, her Littlest Sweet Shop was created to fulfill her fantasy in miniature form.
“I wanted to have something that would stand out in the sea of other talented miniature artists so I made a sweet shop diorama to display my work and brought it to life,” explained Michaux in a blog post. “I was always obsessed with candy, even if my earliest memory of a sweet shop was just a pick’n mix at the mall. I had dreams about opening my own sweet shop and that dream came true!”
These days her project includes a sweet shop diorama, whose photos Michaux shares online, alongside an Etsy shop that offers her tiny, realistic, creations for sale at a reasonable price. According to Michaux, you can use her items as props for claymation/stop-motion animation projects or in your diorama. However, she notes, her miniature models are strictly for adult collectors and should not be given to children aged 12 or below for fear they might swallow them.
Enter her sweet shop in the gallery below.
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]]>Based in Norwood, South Australia, Smith’s career spans over a period of 18 years. Formerly a self-taught stencil artist, he switched gears to miniature art in 2015. Incredibly enough, his practice is entirely self-taught and based on trial and error. “I am constantly learning and finding new and quicker ways of doing things,” he admitted in an interview with Monster Children.
According to Smith, over the years there have been many methods he has tried to get the textures just right for details like bricks, pavement, and wall rendering: “It is such a good feeling when I finally figure out how to do something just perfect,” he relayed.
His details include the often overlooked aspects of urban environments such as grime, rust, decay, and graffiti, all of which Smith perfectly recreates in 1:20 scale miniatures.
“I like the beauty that comes from decay,” he admits. “There is a certain special quality from it that it really tells a story. Things such as grime, decay, rust, gum on the sidewalk, and graffiti are all layers of time each telling their own story. I think it gives so much more character to a building which once had former glory now sitting there in decay.”
Despite his relatively short career in miniature art, Smith’s incredible work hasn’t gone unnoticed and has been showcased in over 100 exhibitions, in galleries and art fairs in cities like London, Paris, Berlin, San Francisco, New York, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Sydney and Melbourne. He also has an impressive following online, which you’re invited to join.
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