‘an unidentified sunken vessel’ paper, sand, jelly candle
japanese artist akinobu izumi creates miniature worlds within small glass bottles (H 22m / 0.9 inches, D 12mm / 0.5 inches), depicting scenes from a sunken ship, a couple in a park, underwater creatures to dinosaurs… you may see available ‘tiny world in a bottle’ pieces on izumi’s etsy page ‘tiny world in a bottle‘.
‘tyrannosaurus’ paper, plastic, clay
‘tiny green tree and a family’ paper, brass, sponges, clay,
‘a turtle on an uninhabited island’ paper, resin, clay
‘tiny viking ship’ paper, plastic
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