Russian Master Of Microminiatures

Can you imagine fitting over 2,000 letters on a rice seed or writing a message on one hair? Vladimir Aniskin is a genius of microminiatures from Russia. He can write and draw on rice, hairs, and even create amazing microsculptures on poppy seeds and grape seeds. See some of his most wonderful works (it takes up to half a year to create one microminiature) after the jump.

Three pictures are drawn on the section of a rice seed.

The Christmas tree and a snowman are located on the section of a horse hair.

A copy of the UEFA Cup is located on the cut from a poppy seed. Its height is 2 mm.

Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends are set on the cut from a poppy seed.

Eight camels placed inside the hair (their height is less than 0.08 mm).

Text that consists of 2,027 letters and 22 lines is engraved on a rice seed.

Russian submarine is located on a section of a poppy seed.

Heroes of the Russian cartoon “Buratino” are placed on the cut from a grape seed.

This chess table is made of a walnut shell. It’s 3.5 mm in leghth, 2.5 mm in width and 2 mm in height. The height of chessmen made of silver and gold ranges from 0.15 to 0.3 mm.

A bottle of wine and two glasses are placed on the section of a grape seed.