You Need This Tiny Art for Your Tiny House

Check out these very small artworks to ornament the teeniest of homes.

By: Felicia Feaster

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Fanciful Fox

South African artist Danielle Clough creates her adorably diminutive works in embroidery which she then mounts in a small frame or wooden hoop. We're obsessed with this utterly whimsical squinting fox, the perfect mantle piece art object for a dollhouse or ideal to hang in a baby's room.

Tiny Homes Demand Tiny Art

In Think Small: The Tiniest Art in the World, author Eva Katz introduces a host of artworks from around the world created by artists who celebrate the small. Teapots smaller than a die and oil paintings teeny-tiny enough to fit in lockets are featured in this adorably modest Chronicle Books publication.

Little Eats

Tel Aviv, Israel-based artist Shay Aaron is a theatrical stage designer by day, but in his spare time he creates miniature replicas of food in polymer clay like this tiny turkey dinner.

Painting Life

New York-based realist painter Dina Brodsky paints stunningly small landscapes and cityscapes often inspired by her travels via bicycle. The classically-trained artist features an astounding degree of detail in her works.

Thimble Teapot

Self-taught ceramicist Jon Almeda works in both small and full-size works. But we are most charmed by his delightfully petite works in clay like this teapot.

Artist in his Studio

Connecticut-based artist Joe Fig makes gorgeously detailed dollhouse-scale miniature set pieces of contemporary artists' studios. Fig visits and conducts interviews with actual working artists and has documented the working spaces, materials and even miniature paintings in progress of artists including Chuck Close, Roxy Paine, Eric Fischl and Tom Friedman. "I find artists to be some of the hardest working people I know," Fig told Think Small author Eva Katz.

Mini Midcentury

Artist Michael Yurkovic creates exact replicas of vintage midcentury modern pieces like this tiny version of a Herman Miller Eames molded plastic rocker from 1948.

It's a Small World

South African artist Lorraine Loots works entirely in watercolors to create paintings "for ants" she jokes, at only 4x4 inches. Painting small is a full-time job for Loots who typically spends between 6-8 hours on one painting and usually focuses on Capetown, South Africa-related themes.

Small Monster

Pop-surrealist illustrator Mab Graves is based in Indianapolis, Indiana but exhibits her tiny fairy tale and film-inspired oil paintings in galleries around the world.

Tiny Trike

Los Angeles mixed-media artist Sergio Garcia has worked in graffiti, street art and custom paint jobs for motorcycles and cars. He also crafts his quirky miniature bikes and tricycles complete with subtle, surreal details.

Diet-Size Portions

We can't get enough of the impossibly cute small food items that artist Shay Aaron makes. From miniature pasta to tiny hamburgers and pastries, his faux-edibles are adorable works of art.

Miniature Seascapes

Like many artists who decide to paint in miniature Marine Edith Crosta had limited space in her London shared house for a studio, so she decided to go small. Crosta has a particular love of seascapes inspired by both her own travels and her Instagram followers' shots of the sea.

Doll-Size Midcentury Modern

Industrial designer Michael Yurkovic has a love of vintage toys and often creates prototypes of toys in miniature for his work. But his love of midcentury modern design inspired Yurkovic to made replicas of famous designs in miniature like this Charles and Ray Eames circa 1950 storage unit.

Statue of Liberty Goes Tiny

Russian artist Salavat Fidai uses a craft knife and 4x magnifying glass to create his sculptures atop pencils. The works take anywhere from six to 12 hours to make. Fidai also paints artworks on seeds and his favorite canvas is the pumpkin seed.

You Need This Tiny Art for Your Tiny House

Related To:

Fanciful Fox

Tiny Homes Demand Tiny Art

Little Eats

Painting Life

Thimble Teapot

Artist in his Studio

Mini Midcentury

It's a Small World

Small Monster

Tiny Trike

Diet-Size Portions

Miniature Seascapes

Doll-Size Midcentury Modern

Statue of Liberty Goes Tiny

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