Miniatures are full of bite-sized portions of our world and lives. By transcending spatial norms, models envision and measure real-world size and performance. They help to understand the cultural and ...

A regal 1891 home, with its wrap-around veranda porch complete with wicker chairs, swings and other furniture, looks inviting enough to stop and stay. Polished black-and-white tiles create a clean ...

Dilapidated houses are the pabulum of photographers the world over. A quick Internet image search will produce thousands of examples. Which was exactly the starting point for Ofra Lapid‘s meta project ...

Everyone loves models, but not everyone loves making them. For some, models bring up memories of fingers full of dry glue, cuts from sharp pieces, wasted materials, and large doses of frustration. For ...

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PARIS – He hunches at the dining room table, putting the finishing touches on his miniature World War II tank. Deep in concentration, he keeps his hand steady as he works to make the scaled-down ...

Miniaturists are memorializing the architecture of quickly changing cities with meticulous renderings of corner stores, restaurants and even dumpsters. From left: a Brooklyn dumpster (five inches tall ...

MOSCOW — Tiny soldier figurines play fifes and drums in front of a model of Colonial Williamsburg’s Capitol. Figurines of women in Colonial-era dresses stand in front of brick houses and stores with ...

Greenwood resident Jimmy Landers poses with his latest miniature home on Wednesday at the Johnson County Museum of History in Franklin. Landers and Florida resident Frank Crescente have miniature ...