Diorama

A diorama is a three dimensional model that is usually miniature encased in glass.

Artists
Minimiam

Minimiam (meaning 'mini yum') is a creative union of husband and wife who create tiny worlds of foods with their little people doing their little chores here.  Akiko Ida is Japanese and Pierre Javelle is French and they met studying photography at the Partis "Arts Decoratifs" art school. Since childhood, Akiko has always been attracted to the world gastronomy. As a child she elaborated and backed different sorts of bread which she subsequently photographed and classified in a notebook. A the same time, she invented tiny characters that filled entire pages of her journal. Akiko became a renowned Food phot-grapher, and has already taken part in more than 30 cookbooks. Pierre grew up attracted by drawing, illustrations and photography, art school was his refuge. The couple recreate scenes with miniature characters and food landscapes. For example: They have miniature people mowing their 'garden' which is represented with a the fuzz on a kiwi. 

                                                      Isaac Cordal

Isaac Cordal is a Spanish artist whose work involves sculpture and photography in the urban environment. Cordal's sculptures of people are quite big, around 20cm and are made out of clay. A bit like Minimiam Cordal places his little people around the urban environment, and highlighting key issues like climate change.  "With the simple act of miniaturization and thoughtful placement, Isaac Cordal magically expands the imagination of pedestrians finding his sculptures on the street. The artwork intends to catch the attention on our devalued relation with the nature through a critical look to the collateral effects of our evolution. With the master touch of a stage director, the figures are placed in locations that quickly open doors to other worlds. The scenes zoom in the routine tasks of the contemporary human being. Men and women are suspended and isolated in a motion or pose that can take on multiple meanings. The sympathetic figures are easy to relate to and to laugh with. They present fragments in which the nature, still present, maintains encouraging symptoms of survival. The precairousness of these anonymous statuettes, at the the height of the sole of the passers, represents the nomadic remainders of an imperfect construction of our society. These small sculptures contemplate the demolition and reconstruction of everything around us. They catch the attention of the absurdity of our existence. Isaac Cordal is sympathetic toward his little people and you can empathise with their situations, their leisure time, their waiting for buses and even their more tragic moments such as accidental death, suicide or family funerals. The sculptures can found in the gutters, on top of buildings, on top of bus shelters; in many unusual and unlikely places.

Thomas Doyle
A statement about Thomas Doyle from his website: "My work mines the debris of memory through the creation of intricate worlds sculpted in 1:43 scale and smaller. Often sealed under glass, the works depict the remnants of things past whether major, transformational experiences, or the quieter moments that resonate loudly throughout a life. In much the way the mind recalls events through the fog of time, the works distort reality through a warped and dreamlike lens. The pieces radically reduced scales evoke feelings of omnipotence - as well as the visceral sensation of unbidden memory recall. hovering above the glass, the viewer approaches these worlds as an all-seeing eye, looking  down upon landscapes that dwarf and threaten the figures within. Conversely, the private intensity of moments rendered in such a small scale draws the viewer in, allowing for the intimacy one might feel peering into a museum display case or a dollhouse. Though surrounded by chaos, hazard and longing, the figures faces betray little emotion, inviting viewer to lose themselves in these crucibles- ad in the jumble of feelings and memories they elicit.  The glass itself contains and compresses the world within it, seeming to suspend time itself - with all its accompanying anguish, fear, and bliss. By sealing the works in this fashion, I hope to distill the debris of human experience down to single, fragile moments. Like blackboxes bobbing in the flotsam, these works wait for discovery, each an indelible record of human memory."

Akiko Ikeda

 Utilising various media and styles, Akiko Ikeda, an emerging Japanese artist has created her works to explore visual perception. "Their site/your sight" introduces her works of 'pop-up' which she made with snapshots and magazines, cutting out the edges of people and things in the pictures and placing them outside the picture they were cut from. 

Slinkachu                 

Slinkachu started the 'Little People Project' in 2006. It involves the remodelling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which he then places, photographs and leaves on the street. It is both a street art installation project and a photography project. The street based side of his work plays with the notion of surprise and he aims to encourage city dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings. The scene he sets up, more evident through the photography and the titles he gives the scenes, aim to reflect the loneliness and melancholy of living in a big city, almost being lost and overwhelmed. But underneath this, there is always some humour. He wants people to be able to empathise with the tiny people in his work. 

Tilt Shift              

Tilt shift photography is the use of camera movements on small and medium format cameras, and sometimes specifically refers to use of tilt for selective focus, often for simulating a miniature scene.