Tag: Artist

Miniature Artist Handcrafts Incredibly Sophisticated Dollhouses in Mind-Blowing 1:24 Ratio

An Australian artist with a passion for working on miniature models has found her perfect outlet: making and renovating dollhouses. Reproducing everything from desks to doilies to patio furniture in the incredible scale of 1:24, she is furnishing full houses in a sophisticated country-home style that is entirely her own. Vonelle, who goes by Lavender…


‘Art Can Affect People’: Greek Artist’s Miniature Worlds Inspire Beauty and Kindness

With the harmonious combination of tiny pieces and materials, a Greek artist has been creating aesthetically pleasing miniature worlds enclosed in small boxes, frames, and watch cases. From an early age, Gregory Grozos had a natural inclination for the arts, as his father was a graphic designer who also liked to paint in his free…


Ukrainian Artist Paints Huge Flowers in Deliciously Larger-Than-Life Watercolors

Spreading color across surfaces spanning over a meter, a Ukrainian artist renders beautiful garden flowers that are larger than life. Using delicate watercolors to transfer nature’s pastels onto the page, her works are stirring the imagination of art lovers from all over. Born and raised in Odessa, Zhanna Pulcho, 24, was introduced to watercolors in…


Florida Mom Crafts Miniature Clay Foods on an Incredibly Small Scale: ‘Do What You Love!’

A clay artist who works in miniature is bringing nostalgic joy to the masses with her unique art. Crafting recognizable foods by hand, on an incredibly small scale, her mini-masterpieces make a maximal impact. Cheronda Renee, 42, lives in Cocoa, Florida. She was watching a children’s show with her son over 20 years ago when she…


Talented Egyptian Artist’s 3D Drawings Look So Real They Will Make You Do a Double-Take

As technology is capable of rendering believable realities in three dimensions, it is no easy feat for an artist with a pen and paper in his hands to do so. Yet one man from Egypt is doing just that. Born and raised in Alexandria, Mustafa Mohamed Samir Ragheb has loved drawing since he was a…


Photos: Miniature Artist Creates Fairytale Worlds With Wildlife Scenes and Wearable Jewelry

A California-based artist is weaving fairytale magic with her miniature wildlife scenes, rendered as wearable jewelry, as ornaments, and even in teacups. Alexis Savopoulos, 25, has been fascinated with “all things small” since childhood. She now works from a home-based studio near the ocean in Orange County. “I can become blissfully lost in the intricacies…


Japanese Artist Turns Thousands of Miniature Origami Cranes Into Symbolic Bonsai Trees

A Japanese artist who always considered the origami crane to be tightly linked to war and peace is now giving a new meaning to it by incorporating thousands of them into his works of art. Tiny, hand-folded paper cranes take on new life as “leaves” on the branches of bonsai-style tree sculptures, inviting viewers into…


Photos: Young Artist Creates Mind-Blowing Art Prints Using Only the Keys on Typewriter

Using only a typewriter as his tool, a young British architecture student is making waves in the art world with his incredible renditions of country and cityscapes. James Cook, 24, of Braintree in Essex, England, hand-renders each “typicition” in ink using skillful combinations of the keys on a typewriter. For Cook, experimenting with typewriters began…


Heliographic Artist Renders Incredible Paintings Using Sunlight, Mirrors, and Lenses

A Greek-American artist is using mirrors and lenses to concentrate the sun’s rays onto wood and stone, rendering incredible works of art in the process. “From drawing to painting, sculpting, mixed media, video, music, I’ve done it all,” life-long art lover and Orange County resident Michael Papadakis told The Epoch Times by email. Papadakis, 34,…


Photos: Artist Paints Amazing Photos of Birds and Pets on Feathers

A British artist has delicately painted birds onto a sequence of feathers. Artist Hayley Bird, from Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, spends up to nine hours perfecting the pictures of birds onto the feathers. After trying out her idea as a hobby, the 36-year-old artist has been blown away by orders in the past 12 months. “A…