The dozens of artists and craftspeople featured in this volumecreate miniature representations
of real-world scenes-everythingfrom housewares such as a thumb-sized rice cooker
tostorefronts and cliffside dwellings suspended in test tubes allthe way up to entire
multi-story buildings with every detail preservedinside and out. Each of these exquisite works
tells an intriguingstory encapsulating history culture and memory andelevating everyday
items - the signage on the side of a garbagecan a rusted downspout - to objects worthy of
artistic representation prompting us through this striking shift of scale to perceivethe world
in whole new ways.Among the featured artists Tatsuya Tanaka brings Japaneseiconography into
his master work Miniature Calendar whileJoshua Smith from Australia keeps streets and
addresses andmemory alive by re-creating them in miniature freezing them intime complete with
weeds and water stains. This book not onlydigs into the stories behind the works but provides
guidance forthose who are ready to try their own hand at mini crafts. Threemasters share their
inspirations and techniques by revealing adetailed process of a single masterpiece.
