The Infinite in the Infinitesimal

By Suzanne Menghraj 
July 15, 2009 
How is it that miniature works can express so much? For Suzanne Menghraj, an exhibition of tiny objects conjures thoughts of philosopher Gaston Bachelard, homes designed for low-emission living, dinner in a shed, and the infinite. READ MORE of The Infinite in the Infinitesimal.

More Miniatures

Hannah Pietlla 

Mike Braun

Tiny Furniture Cakes

Sapore dei Mobili

Wendy McNaughton, Art School

To see more pics of Wendy McNaughton's 'Art School, circa 1998' visit her blog and see the entry dated April 12, 2012.

Isaac Cordal

Isaac Cordal
Cement Eclipses video

Megalography in Miniature Worlds

Thomas Doyle: Distillation Series

Tiny World In a Bottle

Akinobu Izumi, Tiny World in a Bottle on designboom

Lisa Swirling

Lisa Swirling's Glass Cathedral's are a series of artboxes containing brilliant tiny worlds.

Lorenzo Duran

Lorenzo Duran, NATURAYARTE

Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities

To see more teeny tiny worlds visit MAD.

Chewing Gum Artist

Watch Ben Wilson paint his miniature masterpieces on the streets of London.

From Adams to Lace

This exhibition explored the intriguing creations of the Festival Pattern Group - a unique project at the 1951 Festival of Britain involving X-ray crystallographers, designers and manufacturers. At the instigation of Dr Helen Megaw, a leading Cambridge scientist, diagrams of atomic structures inspired an eclectic array of patterns on curtains, wallpapers, carpets, lace, dress fabrics, ties, plates and ashtrays.

Watch Georgina Ferry give a talk on X-ray crystallography.

On the Head of a Pin

1. TOM FRIEDMAN: This teeny sculpture titled, 'Headache' by Tom Friedman is carved out of an aspirin tablet. 
2. Senior from BU talks about her microscopic subject matter WATCH VIDEO.
3. MYKOLA SYADRIS: Mykola Syadris, sculptor from the Ukraine whose little carvings can fit through the eye of a needle.
4. NICHOLAS SISTLER: 
   Nicholas Sistler's little gouache paintings of interiors are massive at three inches in any one direction.
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   JIN. Y. H.: 
   Jin. Y. H. paints micro portraits less than one half inch in length.
6. LAURIE SIMMONS

Tim Hawkinson: Teeny Tiny Small Encounters

TIM HAWKINSON

How Man is Knit

Dario Robleto: Miniatures & The Poetic Imagination

Dario Robleto website

See little film of Dario Robleto talking about the poetic imagination.

Dario Robelo: Alloy of Love (Heaven is Being a Memory to Others)

Art review: Dario Robleto, LA Times October 21, 2010

Charles LeDray: Miniatures

Watch video

Bruce Metcalf's Little Sculptures

BRUCE METCALF

The Poetics of Space

The Poetics of Space was written by philosopher, Gaston Bachelard.

• Read quotes from this gentle thinker
• LEARN MORE about his work
• Bachelard Presentation on Slide Share