Micro miniature (also called micro art or micro sculpture) is a fine art form. Micro miniatures are made with the assistance of

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s, or eye surgeon tools. It originated at the end of 20th century.

Museums

The

National Museum of Toys and Miniatures The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures, formerly known as the Kansas City Toy and Miniature Museum,Schultz, EricToy and Miniature Museum adds 'National' to its Name KSHB 41 Action News, published 7 May 2013, accessed 6 June 2013. is located on ...

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has micro-miniatures in their permanent collection and in their exhibit titled ''Micro Curiosities'', a permanent exhibit displaying the work of several fine-scale miniature artists. The

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an Encyclopedic museum, encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the List of largest museums, third-largest museum in the world and the List of larg ...

in New York City holds a micro-miniature basket made by a

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Native American artist around 1910. The

Museum of Jurassic Technology The Museum of Jurassic Technology at 9341 Venice Boulevard in the Palms district of Los Angeles, California, was founded by David Hildebrand Wilson and Diana Drake Wilson in 1988.Tony Perrottet" The Museum of Jurassic Technology: A throwback to ...

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has a collection of the microminiatures of the Armenian artist Hagop Sandaldjian in their permanent exhibition, ''The Eye of the Needle''. 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. The Museum of Microminiatures in St. Petersburg includes micro-miniature work by Vladimir Aniskin of Novosibirsk, Siberia, as well as Nikolai Aldunin of Moscow.

Artists

* Nikolai Aldunin * Vladimir Aniskin * Rafik Badalyan * Anatoly Konenko * Mallikarjuna Reddy * Hagop Sandaldjian * Graham Short *

Willard Wigan Willard Wigan, (born June 1957) is a British sculptor from Ashmore Park Estate, Wednesfield, England, the son of Jamaican immigrants, who makes micro miniature sculptures. His sculptures are typically placed in the eye of a needle or on the head ...

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