Yesterdays post on the World's Smallest Letter by Leafcutter Designs opened me up to see and remember some other great works in miniature. I'm in love with the concept of a world in miniature-its pure fantasy, magic and imagination, wonder and possibility...
And I remembered this exhibition at the Museum of Jurassic Technology, my favorite museum/ work of art, called The Eye of the Needle. The museum blurs the boundary between science and art, fact and fantasy. The artist, Hagop Sandaldjian, carves a single strand of hair in the eye of a needle! I couldn't make this up- click the links to read!The image above, called Wild Animals, from the exhibition shows twelve animals and a crowd of people carved from ONE SINGLE strand of hair! Maybe I'm a huge sucker and this is just a myth created by the brilliant David Wilson.For reals, the MJT is amazing and I'd blog it everyday just to share how much I love it.
Want to read more about David Wilson's MJT and curiosity cabinets, read this. It's great!
Awesome post and blog, Jessica. I can't wait to see this movie.
ReplyDeleteI bought a book letter from you awhile back. I just found your blog. It's great! I look forward to checking it out more in the future.
totally remember you- you make awesome books! just wondering-did you send out the book or keep it? thanks for visiting!
ReplyDeleteOh wow...that carving is incredible! It's unreal. Miniature art is amazing.
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