Micro miniature (also called micro art or micro sculpture) is a fine art form. Micro miniatures are made with the assistance of microscopes, or eye surgeon tools. [1] It originated at the end of 20th century. [2]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City holds a micro-miniature basket made by a Pomo Native American artist around 1910. [3]
The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City, California has a collection of the microminiatures of the Armenian artist Hagop Sandaldjian in their permanent exhibition, The Eye of the Needle. [4] [5]
The Museum of Miniatures located in Prague focuses on works of microminiature art. It features the work of Edward Ter Ghazarian, Anatoly Konenko, Nikolai Aldunin among others. [1]
The Museum of Microminiatures in St. Petersburg includes micro-miniature work by Vladimir Aniskin of Novosibirsk, Siberia, as well as Nikolai Aldunin of Moscow. [6]
Ermann, Lynn. They have jobs on the slide: Microscopic art, The Washington Post, February 14, 1999