I loved the film Jurassic Park in 1993. My son is a fan of dinosaurs, so I couldn't miss a collection like this! I started with the famous tyrannosaur, symbolizing the carnivorous giant in total contrast to the size of my usual microsculptures of a few millimeters high. As usual, it took me around a hundred hours to build each of these scenes, because everything is always delicate on this scale: finding the right proportions, the right attitudes, the expressions, because I wanted to make them as alive as possible.
Under my microscope, using a scalpel and paintbrush hairs, I first create the skeleton, then I use hardened glue to sculpt, and finally watercolor paint for the finishes. You should know that a paintbrush hair only represents 0.1 mm, sometimes less, and that collages on this scale are very delicate and the tools are always too large in relation to the sculpture. Accepting to work in the crash of the tremors of my fingers, in the infernal flows of water from watercolor paint, and under the breath of air from my nostrils which is akin to the sirocco wind... That's what is the life of the microsculptor.
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Triceratops Mother And Son
Under construction, the scene, and scene next to a standard pencil.
Size: 2,5 mm length X 1,5 mm height.
Brachiosaurus
On a nail under, the scene, and on a wooden base.
Size: 4 mm length X 3,8 mm height.
Dragon
Next to a 1 euro cent coin, seen on 3 faces and on a wooden base.
Size: 8 mm length X 2,5 mm height.
Tyrannosaurus Chasing An Ostrich
Size: 5 mm length X 3.5 mm height.
Stegosaurus
Under construction, the scene, and on a wooden base.
Size: 2,5 mm length X 1,5 mm height.
Ankylosaurs Fighting
Size: 3 mm length X 2 mm height each.
Maiasaura
On barbecue pic and scene with eggs.
Size: 3,8 mm length X 1,8 mm height.
Parasaurolophus: On A Matchstick, And A Scene
On a matchstick, and a scene.
Size: 3.2 mm length X 2 mm height.
Spinosaurus Chasing A Sawfish
Size: 4,5 mm length X 2,8 mm height.
Quetzalcoatlus
On a matchstick.
Size: 3 mm height X 2 mm length.
Very,very impressive...do you do YouTube videos of the process? I'd like to check that out if you do...
Thanks very much. If you 'd like to see my work , it exhibited in Brussels "small is beautiful exhibition". I do not make videos, you'll have to take my word for it ! These scenes take me at least 100 hours of work because I have to make a skeleton of painting brush before I can sculpt my dinosaur (photo ref of triceratops) and painting it after !!
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Thank you very much , yes , some of them are available.
Load More Replies... Very,very impressive...do you do YouTube videos of the process? I'd like to check that out if you do...
Thanks very much. If you 'd like to see my work , it exhibited in Brussels "small is beautiful exhibition". I do not make videos, you'll have to take my word for it ! These scenes take me at least 100 hours of work because I have to make a skeleton of painting brush before I can sculpt my dinosaur (photo ref of triceratops) and painting it after !!
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