Tiny Surrealism

What I like most about Frank Kunert‘s work is that it makes me grunt– a grunt that says, “that’s clever, you cheeky bugger”. The German photographer makes all his tiny 3D models himself before he snaps them. Not all the punchlines in his scenes are immediately obvious, leaving the viewer to look a little longer,…

This Girl’s Amazing College Dorm Room is depressingly NOT Yours.

Does this room not make you want to bathe in its warm cocoon of preppyness and revisit those college years once more with brand new stationary and unrealistic expectations for what life has in store ahead? Yes! This is an actual college dorm room, belonging to a freshman no less, at the University of Pennsylvania.…

This Flapper’s Dollhouse Cost More than Most People’s Homes

Of her most famous film, Jazz Age icon F. Scott Fitzgerald proclaimed, “I was the spark that lit up Flaming Youth, Colleen Moore was the torch.” She was a chief rival of Clara Bow and became one of the highest-paid and most fashionable movie stars in 1920s Hollywood. Colleen Moore had two passions: movies and dolls. Over…

Tiny Art in a Sardine Can

Most artists tend to think out of the box but this artist has gone back in the box– a sardine can to be exact. It’s safe to say Nathalie Alony enjoys working on a smaller scale and with her latest project, she’s created several series of miniature sculptures depicting anything from everyday life in little…

Welcome to the Birdhood

Just something I stumbled upon recently that was too fun not to share … Painted Jeff Canham and woodworker Luke Bartels collaborated to make this series of “seedy” urban establishments in 2012, a collection they called “For the Birds”. I love the little tongue in cheek details written on each of the houses and they…

BALCONY CHIC: The Big, the Medium and the Tiny

A little inspiration (ideas to steal) for those lucky enough to have al fresco spaces and looking to do a bit of sprucing up for summer. No matter what size your balcony/ patio / terrace is, take some notes for making your space as inviting as can be, even if there’s only room for you! In…

FOOD P*RN: Tiny Temptations

Welcome to another edition of Messy Nessy’s Food P*rn … with a little twist. I’ve been keeping this post in my vault for quite a while but I think it’s finally time to share. Today we’ll be gawking at some miniature food art which looks just as tempting as the real thing. The only difference…

The Queen has an Eye-Watering Collection of Miniature Things

Today on the internet, I casually wandered into the Royal Collection online archives and discovered that the English royal family is just as nuts as I am about teeny tiny things. With over 3,000 miniatures, the history of collecting goes back as far as the Tudor times when Henry VIII starting acquiring them and miniaturists began holding…

Let’s Take a Tea Break at Beatrix Potter’s Cottage

It’s time for a little breather, don’t you think? So today, we’re popping over to Beatrix Potter’s old village, in the calm of England’s Lake District. We’ll stop by Buckle Yeat for a cup of tea, and stroll through the garden where so many of her children’s book characters — namely, Peter Rabbit — got…

Love at First Instagram: Tiny Envelope Paintings

This is a quick one– just a “love at first instagram” kind of thing. These are the opaque watercolour or gouache paintings of Lucy Halcomb, an illustrator, graphic web designer and Brooklyn-based “pen pal”. Her instagram account is a record of her outgoing mail (lucky recipients), on which she paints little nostalgic pop culture artworks. Is it…