Arts & Culture
Arts in miniatures

Tiny tales: Taiwanese artists fuse reality and fantasy as they handcraft miniature worlds

From a bucolic rural grocery shop to fictional battlefields and robot warrior bases, Taiwanese artisans are creating meticulously handcrafted miniature worlds that fuse reality with fantasy. 
 

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