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 ...
The Earth is the fourth largest planet in the solar system, larger than Mercury, Mars, Venus, smaller than Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter. Although it is difficult to feel the size of planets ...
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 ...
Filmmakers are, by nature, liars. They’re masters of misdirection and optical illusion and whatever on-screen flim-flammery is necessary to get the shot. Which is why, even in our CG-heavy age, the ...
Spread across sprawling convention centers, art fairs often deal at a grand scale: huge floorplans, major artworks sold for millions, dramatic installations and, sometimes, big stunts. But in Chicago, ...
Experience the largest miniature train circuit in America, where tiny locomotives and landscapes bring railroads to life.
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 ...
For one-percenters or those extremely wealthy, a garage filled with exotics would be the perfect collection. For the rest of us mere mortals, Tomica diecast models would be the next best thing. The ...
Most hydraulic jacks are big tools that can lift upwards of 1000 kg but [Maker B]’s is quite a bit smaller than average. The world’s smallest hydraulic jack is a tiny hand-machined model made out of ...