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This Artist Builds Realistic Tiny Pieces of Urban Architecture
“I absolutely loved dollhouses as a little girl, not because I actually played with the dolls, I just loved the miniature world. I still get giddy looking at miniatures like these, and this just takes it to a whole new level. Awesome!” commenter Cakes wrote on Bored Panda’s post about Australian miniature artist Joshua Smith’s work. It’s easy to see how Smith’s work could fill her with excitement. Studying one of his miniature pieces of urban architecture is like opening up the possibility to a familiar, but fantastical world that borders dystopia and reality.
Interestingly, Smith started as a stencil artist and eventually created his own art gallery. When he pushed himself out of his creative comfort zone in 2015, he taught himself how to make miniatures. “His miniature works primarily focus on the often overlooked aspects of the urban environment such as grime, rust, decay to discarded cigarettes and graffiti perfectly recreated in 1:20 scale miniatures,” his website reads.
Now, his Instagram page has over 20,800 followers who can’t get enough of his detailed miniature world that highlights the dirt of urban living and our voyeuristic tendencies that make us want to take an up-close look at these realistic miniatures.