"Russian Lefty". Extracurricular activity dedicated to the art of microminiature
The genius of microminiature Nikolai Aldunin was born on September 1, 1956 in the village of Yuzhnaya Lomovatka, Voroshilovgrad (and now Lugansk) region. For the manufacture of his masterpieces, he used the materials he loved from childhood: metals and metal products.
Nikolai Sergeevich is an experienced locksmith and turner. In metalworking, he has no equal. Once he had a brilliant idea - to shoe a flea. And… it started! I prepared for two years, then sat down at the microscope. Having finished the work, he realized: the microminiature is the work of his life. Aldunin left his main job and began to engage in this delicate and laborious craft.
And here is the famous flea! Looking closely, you will notice not only the horseshoes, but also the saddle and stirrups!
Height 0.20-0.25 mm, 999.9 gold.
AKM-47 assault rifle located across the match.
Length - 1.625 mm. Consists of 34 parts. Gold 585 and 999.9 tests. In order to make a microautomatic machine, the author will need six months.
Tank T34/85 located on a longitudinal section of an apple seed
Case length - 2 mm. Consists of 254 parts. Gold 999.9 tests.
Located on a needle, next to it is a grain of sugar.
Height - 1.2 mm, consists of 12 parts.
Length - 2 mm
Nikolai Aldunin is left-handed. The master made all the works with his own hands, without using any machines or mechanisms. Here are some more of his works on rice grain.
The height of the letters is 0.14 mm.
A few years ago, the master died, but throughout his life he carried one truth: only that person will achieve the goal, which strives very hard for it. The higher the goal, the stronger the aspiration must be.
Therefore, set high goals for yourself and confidently go to them!
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Left-handed studies. The study of left-handedness in Russia began in the 20s of the 20th century. One of the first articles on this topic is "Children's left-handedness and the problem of educating the left hand." Dr. Kapustin A.A. In it, he published the results of a neurological examination of children. Among those surveyed, 0.7% were left-handers, and most of them had developmental disorders. Dr. Kapustin pronounced the verdict: “Left-handed children are mostly degenerates, weighed down by gross stigmas of degeneration and poorly gifted.” This prediction didn't come true...
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Einstein's paradox. Albert Einstein, according to Vyach. Ivanov, was a man of a pronounced right hemisphere type. Judging by his biography, in our time he would be considered a child with a diagnosis of mental retardation and would study in a correctional class. Belonging to a culture that is commonly called "left hemispheric", we put forward the criterion of speech development as the main criterion for evaluating development. It was here that Einstein had a weak point. He learned to speak late and had a poorly developed speech. While studying at school, little Albert continued to use words of the "children's" language such as "woman" instead of "grandmother" and "kitty" instead of "cat". And of course, he did not own the turns "based on the foregoing" or "we will draw the appropriate conclusion." Much later, already being a world-famous physicist, he spoke out on the account that the delay in mastering the vocabulary of adults helped the beginning of his scientific reflections. By the time he belatedly began to use the German words for "time" and "space", he already understood that no adult really knows what these words mean. Words, writes Vyach. Ivanov, always played an auxiliary role for Einstein, if they did not interfere with him. His thinking proceeded in non-verbal right hemispheric images. No wonder he was an excellent musician. Cit. according to the book of Vyach. Ivanov Odd and even. Asymmetry of the brain and the dynamics of sign systems.
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Don't compare! Living is incomparable... O. Mandelstam. It is believed that in our country there are about 7%, and in the USA - 13% of left-handed people. Among them are many outstanding ones, such as P. Picasso, J. Caesar, Michelangelo, Beethoven, C. Chaplin, E. Rubik, A. Macedonian, Napoleon, V.I. Dahl, Joan of Arc, P. Macartney, P.I. Tchaikovsky. Left-handers make up 20% of all talented people with a high IQ.
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Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) Born in Germany. Introduced the concept of photon. In 1916 he formulated the general theory of relativity, which brought him great popularity. He proposed the theory of optical phenomena in moving bodies. Nobel Prize winner (1921) for the discovery of the laws of the Photoelectric effect.
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DAL Vladimir Ivanovich (1801-72), Russian writer, lexicographer, ethnographer, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1838). Essays (30-40s) in the spirit of the natural school under the pseudonym Cossack Lugansk. Collection "Proverbs of the Russian people" (1861-62). He created the Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language (vols. 1-4, 1863-66), for which he was awarded the title of Honorary Academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1863).
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(Jeanne d "Arc), Maid of Orleans (c. 1412-31), folk heroine of France. From a peasant family. During the Hundred Years War of 1337-1453, she led the struggle of the French people against the English invaders, in 1429 she freed Orleans from the siege. In 1430 she got captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the British, who declared Joan of Arc a sorceress and brought her to church court. Accused of heresy, burned at the stake in Rouen. In 1920 she was canonized by the Catholic Church.
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PICASSO Pablo (full. Pablo Ruiz-y-Picasso; Ruiz-y-Picasso) (October 25, 1881, Malaga - April 8, 1973, Mougins, Alpes-Maritimes), French painter, Spaniard by origin. In the 1900s (“blue” and “pink” periods) he created sharply expressive works dedicated to disadvantaged people (“Girl on a Ball”, 1905). Since 1907, the founder of cubism, from the mid-1910s he created works in the spirit of neoclassicism, in a number of works he is close to surrealism. The works of Picasso are sometimes full of pain and protest, they are of great social importance ("Guernica", 1937), and have a deep humanistic content (drawing "Dove of Peace", 1947). He worked a lot as a graphic artist, sculptor, ceramist. International Lenin Prize (1962). International Peace Prize (1950).
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CAESAR Gaius Julius (100-44 BC), Roman dictator in 49, 48-46, 45, from 44 BC e. - for life. Commander. He began political activity as a supporter of the republican group, holding the positions of a military tribune in 73 BC. e., aedile in 65 BC. e., praetor in 62 BC. e. Seeking consulate, in 60 BC. e. entered into an alliance with G. Pompey and Crassus (1st triumvirate). Consul in 59 BC e., then governor of Gaul; in 58-51 BC. e. subjugated all of transalpine Gaul to Rome. In 49 BC e., relying on the army, began the struggle for autocracy. Having defeated Pompey and his supporters in 49-45 BC. e. (Crassus died in 53 BC), was at the head of the state. Having concentrated in his hands a number of the most important republican posts (dictator, consul, etc.), he became in fact a monarch. Killed in a Republican conspiracy. Author of Notes on the Gallic War and Notes on Civil Wars; reformed the calendar (Julian calendar).
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LEONARDO DA VINCI Scientists have spent many years deciphering the diaries of Leonardo da Vinci: they were written in a mirror image - from right to left with the left hand. They amaze with the originality of judgments about space and time. (Leonardo da Vinci) (April 15, 1452, Vinci near Florence - May 2, 1519, Cloud Castle, near Amboise, Touraine, France), Italian painter, sculptor, architect, scientist, engineer. Combining the development of new means of artistic language with theoretical generalizations, Leonardo da Vinci created the image of a person that meets the humanistic ideals of the High Renaissance. In the painting "The Last Supper" (1495-1497, in the refectory of the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan), a high ethical content is expressed in strict patterns of composition, a clear system of gestures and facial expressions of characters. The humanistic ideal of female beauty is embodied in the portrait of the Mona Lisa (La Gioconda, circa 1503). Numerous discoveries, projects, experimental research in the field of mathematics, natural sciences, mechanics. He defended the decisive importance of experience in the knowledge of nature (notebooks and manuscripts, about 7 thousand sheets).
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McCartney Paul (James Paul) (b. June 18, 1942, Liverpool), English rock singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, one of the leading members of the Beatles. In 1957 he met John Lennon. The acquaintance resulted in a long-term and super-successful creative collaboration, which became the basis for the success of the Beatles. By 1963, the group had become phenomenally popular. Considerable merit in this belonged to McCartney, who was the author of her most famous hits. Many songs were co-written with Lennon.
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NAPOLEON I Bonaparte (Napoleon I Bonaparte, Buonaparte) (August 15, 1769, Ajaccio - May 5, 1821, Saint Helena), French statesman, commander, emperor in 1804-1814 and in March - June 1815. He began serving in the army in 1785 in the rank of junior lieutenant of artillery; advanced during the French Revolution. In November 1799 he carried out a coup d'état (Brumaire 18), as a result of which he became the first consul, who in the course of time effectively concentrated all power in his hands; in 1804 he was proclaimed emperor. He carried out a number of reforms (the adoption of the civil code, 1804; the foundation of the French Bank, 1800). Thanks to victorious wars, he significantly expanded the territory of the empire, made most of the states of Western and Central Europe dependent on France. The defeat of the Napoleonic troops in the war of 1812 against Russia marked the beginning of the collapse of the empire of Napoleon I.
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CHAPLIN Charles Spencer (1889-1977), American actor, film director, screenwriter, and composer. Born in London, since 1913 in the USA. In 1952 he left the United States for political reasons. Chaplin's humanistic, anti-capitalist and anti-fascist comedies gained international fame: The Gold Rush (1925), City Lights (1931), Modern Times (1936), The Great Dictator (1940), Monsieur Verdou (1947) ), "Ramp Lights" (1952), "The King in New York" (1957), "Countess from Hong Kong" (1967). Having created the tragicomic character of the "little man", he turned his clown mask into a human image of great generalizing power. International Peace Prize (1954)
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CARROLL (Carroll) Lewis [prev. name Charles Lutwidge (Lutwidge) Dodgson, Dodgson] (1832-98), English writer, mathematician and logician. Author of the popular stories for children Alice in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1871). Carroll's scientific work anticipated some of the ideas of mathematical logic.
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TCHAIKOVSKY Pyotr Ilyich, Russian composer. Brother of M. I. Tchaikovsky. A subtle psychologist, master symphonist, musical playwright, Tchaikovsky revealed in music the inner world of a person (from lyrical sincerity to the deepest tragedy), created the highest examples of operas, ballets, symphonies, chamber works. Operas: Eugene Onegin (1878, lyrical scenes - a new type of opera), Mazepa (1883), Cherevichki (1885), The Enchantress (1887), The Queen of Spades (1890), Iolanta ( 1891). An innovator in the field of ballet (music is the leading component of ballet dramaturgy); "Swan Lake" (1876), "Sleeping Beauty" (1889), "The Nutcracker" (1892). The world masterpieces include 6 symphonies (1866-1893), the symphony "Manfred" (1885), the fantasy overture "Romeo and Juliet" (1866-1893), the fantasy "Francesca da Rimini" (1876), "Italian Capriccio" (1880 ), 3 concertos for piano and orchestra (1875-1893); concerto for violin and orchestra, "Variations on a Rococo Theme" for cello and orchestra (1876), piano trio "In Memory of a Great Artist" (1882), romances.
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NEWTON (Newton) Isaac (1643-1727), English mathematician, mechanic, astronomer and physicist, creator of classical mechanics, member (1672) and president (since 1703) of the Royal Society of London. Fundamental works "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" (1687) and "Optics" (1704). Developed (independently of G. Leibniz) differential and integral calculus. He discovered the dispersion of light, chromatic aberration, studied interference and diffraction, developed the corpuscular theory of light, and expressed a hypothesis that combined corpuscular and wave representations. Built a mirror telescope. Formulated the basic laws of classical mechanics. He discovered the law of universal gravitation, gave a theory of the motion of celestial bodies, creating the foundations of celestial mechanics. Space and time were considered absolute. Newton's works were far ahead of the general scientific level of his time, and were obscure to his contemporaries. He was the director of the Mint, established the monetary business in England. A famous alchemist, Newton dealt with the chronology of the ancient kingdoms. He devoted theological works to the interpretation of biblical prophecy (mostly unpublished).
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CONCLUSION: Psychiatrists T. Dobrokhotova and N. Bragina, studying the amazing mental manifestations of left-handers, saw in them a lot in common with the fairy-tale world described by the left-hander L. Carrel. It is possible that, along with free possession of the left hand, they receive an unexpected view of the world from birth.
October 13, 2009, 18:45Microminiature master Aldunin Nikolai Sergeevich was born on September 1, 1956 in the village of Yuzhnaya Lamovatka, Voroshilovgrad Region. Of all natural and artificial materials, from childhood I fell in love with metals and metal products. Working as a locksmith, and then as a turner at industrial enterprises, I learned all the secrets of metalworking. With some inner instinct, he immediately unmistakably selected the mode of cutting metals, this made it possible to increase the number of products, improving their quality. Nikolay considers the existing "metal technology" to be imperfect. A few years ago, he got the idea to shoe a flea. I wanted to prove that it was not in vain that N. Leskov sang and glorified the Tula Masters to the whole world. I prepared for two years, and then sat down at the microscope. Three months later, when I finished the work, I realized that I "found myself" in a microminiature. He quit his job and decided to take seriously this very difficult and interesting craft. Shod flea, with saddle and stirrups 
Bicycle.Length-2 mm.Located on a sewing needle 
Tula samovar. Height-1.2 mm., next to a grain of sugar. Material-gold 999.9. Made of 12 parts 
Three-line Mosin rifle on rice grain.Length-3 mm.Material-gold 999.9 samples 
The pawn rests on a poppy seed. A small white pawn has a long way to go to become a big queen. The figure is 0.5 mm high. 
Aerodrome. There are 31 airplanes on the cut of a poppy seed. The grain is fixed on a real badge of flying class. 
Two verses and a chorus of the children's song "Smile" are written on the cut of a grain of rice. 
Chateau 1956. Variant of work "Young wine". The composition is located on a cut of a grape seed. 
Snowman. The composition is located on a cut of a poppy seed. The height of the snowman is 0.55 mm, the height of the Christmas tree is 0.6 mm. The staves supporting the inscription are dust particles. 
The work was done on the eve of 2006. A snowman decorating a Christmas tree and a Christmas tree are located on the cut of a poppy seed, which in turn is attached to the dog's nose. The snowman holds an asterisk in his left hand, reaches for the crown of the Christmas tree, and even lifted his leg out of effort. Even the fingers are visible on the handles. The bucket on the Snowman's head has a handle. The Snowman's scarf ends with tassels. The staves supporting the inscription are dust particles, the diameter of which is half the diameter of a human hair. Please note that the figures are three-dimensional (i.e. three-dimensional). Camel caravan (one-humped) in the eye of a needle. Height 0.25-0.20 mm. Material. gold 999.9 
AKM-47 submachine gun. Length-1.625 mm. Consists of 34 parts. Material-gold 585 and 999.9 samples. Production time-6 months. Located across the match. 
Tank T34/85.Located on a longitudinal section of apple grain.Length of the case-2 mm.Number of parts-257.Material-gold 999.9 samples 
Ostankino tel:)shnya.Height-6.3 mm.Material-gold 999.9.Located on apple grain 
A.S. Pushkin. Portrait on rice grain, height 1 mm 
L.N. Tolstoy 
N.V. Gogol. Portrait on a grain of rice. 
Advice and love. The height of the letters is 0.14 mm. The material is gold 999.9. Rice grain 
Young artist. A cross section of a grain of rice shows three drawings from the Young Artist cartoon by Danish artist Herluf Bidstrup. 
Russian ruble. Diameter-0.88 mm. Material-gold 999.9 samples 
Winnie the Pooh, Piglet and Eeyore are located on the cut of a poppy seed. It was quite difficult to do this work: the figurines are tiny, Heel's neck is thin, the ladybug is tiny. The idea of creating a flower and a ladybug on it was born only after the manufacture of all three characters. The fact is that when the fairy-tale characters were made and previously placed on the cut of the poppy seed, it turned out that almost half of the seed was empty and free. That's when the idea about a flower and a bug on it was born. This work combines the artistry of images and composition and great technological complexity, which makes this work one of the jewels of the collection of microminiatures. 
Microminiature master Nikolai Sergeevich Aldunin was born in 1956. in the Voroshilovgrad region (USSR).
Of all natural and artificial materials from childhood, I fell in love with metals and metal products. Working as a locksmith and turner at industrial enterprises, he learned all the secrets of metalworking.
And as a metal master he proved that it was not in vain that the writer N. Leskov sang and glorified the Tula Masters to the whole world.
I prepared for two years, and then sat down at the microscope.
And three months later, when I finished the first work, I realized that I had “found myself” in a microminiature. Seriously engaged in this very difficult and interesting craft,
BUT he “shoeed a flea” with golden horseshoes (this was his first job!),
and also created a whole gallery of wonderful works of microminiatures.
You can see his miniatures here:
http://nik-aldunin.narod.ru/photo1.html
A microminiature is an exquisitely executed work of microscopic dimensions.
Moreover, all his works are made by hand, without the use of any machines and mechanisms, but only with a tool of his own making.
And, for example, the miniature "camel caravan in the eye of a needle" is simply the height of skill.
Unfortunately, in September 2009. Nikolai Aldunin died suddenly (he was only 53 years old), BUT his unique miniature works remained and, of course, should be exhibited at various exhibitions, incl. and abroad.
This is also a good example for young people that there are and will definitely be followers of such world-class Masters in Russia!
P.S. I suggest that the moderators create a special section (blog) on this site, for example, under the title - "There are real masters in Russia",
where information about similar unique works of individual craftsmen could be posted (“new Faberge” - jewelers, watchmakers, creators of some unique tools, devices, gift weapons for hunting, already created “metal” of new inventions, etc.).
As well as examples of how Russian masters restore old and military equipment,
creation of exact copies of old machines, restoration and restoration of various architectural monuments in Russian cities (for example, recently, as new and in its original form - the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow), restoration by craftsmen and the launch of various productions using old technologies (for inquisitive tourists), etc. .
There were already examples here that should have been moved ... and collected in such a special section on the site - “Made by us!”
After all, it is worth knowing not only politicians, athletes, scientists ... and all sorts of “show business” figures, BUT also real world-class masters of their craft in their country!
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lefties
Collective project of the 6th grade
Head Agarkova E.A.
Why did we choose this topic?
Everyone knows the story about the hero of the writer Leskov - the blacksmith Levsha, who shod a metal flea. Whether this is a legend or a real event, it is still not known exactly. We were interested in whether it is possible to shoe a flea in real life.
Goal of the work
Learn more about microminiature masters and their work
Hypothesis
The left-handed flea, savvy, is not Leskov’s invention - in real life there are craftsmen who create models that cannot be seen with the naked eye.
Tasks
- Find and study material about the masters involved in microminiatures;
- view information on the Internet on a topic;
- write a paper, pick up illustrations;
- prepare a presentation for a presentation at a conference.
Modern Lefties
All over the world, only 18 people are engaged in the art of microminiature, 12 of which are Russians. The most famous "left-handers": Vladimir Aniskin, Anatoly Konenko, Eduard Kazaryan, Andrey Rykovanov, Yuri Deulin, Valery Dvoryanov. The cost of their work ranges from 50,000 to 300,000 euros.
The 33-year-old scientist, who works at the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Arts (Tyumen), in addition to his main job since 1998, has been fond of creating microminiatures. Vladimir says that it takes him from one month to six months to create one microminiature.
Over the years, he learned to control his breathing and heartbeat: all movements must be precise and clear. He has to do his main jewelry work between heartbeats, which gives him about half a second to make a controlled movement before his hand falters and the whole work has to start from the very beginning.
To create miniatures, Aniskin uses hand-made tools and several powerful microscopes. You can also evaluate the work of the master only with the help of a microscope, since the dimensions of some of them are measured in microns.
A flea shod on two jumping legs. Horseshoes are made of dye, carnations of steel. The width of the horseshoes is 50 microns (0.05 mm).
On a poppy seed
Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka
placed on a cut poppy seed
The height of Cheburashka is 0.6 mm, Genes is 1.4 mm.
The frog princess sits on a swamp hummock, putting one paw on a stuck arrow. The arrow, leaves and stalks of reeds are made of ordinary dust particles. The composition is located on a cut of a poppy seed. The size of the frog is 0.3 mm.
Camel caravan
Eight tired camels wander dejectedly in the desert against the backdrop of the setting sun. Camels are housed inside a hollow horsehair. The hair is drilled and polished inside and out. Hair diameter 120 microns (0.12 mm), camel height 70-80 microns (0.07-0.08 mm). Material - platinum.
Winnie the Pooh, Piglet and Eeyore
Winnie the Pooh, Piglet and Eeyore are located on the cut of a poppy seed. It was quite difficult to do this work: the figurines are tiny, Heel's neck is thin, the ladybug is tiny. The idea of creating a flower and a ladybug on it was born only after the manufacture of all three characters. The fact is that when the fairy-tale characters were made and previously placed on the cut of the poppy seed, it turned out that almost half of the seed was empty and free. That's when the idea about a flower and a bug on it was born.
On the cut of a grain of rice
Orders of Glory of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree are located. The size of the orders is 0.8 mm. Material: gold, tin
2 verses and chorus of the children's song "Smile" were written
chess table
Made from walnut shell. The surface of the table is engraved and inlaid. Table length 3.5 mm, width 2.5 mm, height 2 mm. Chess figures from 0.15 mm to 0.3 mm high are carved from silver and gold.
You can see the silver inlay of the chessboard markings (ie letters and numbers). On the surface of the table are chess pieces made of silver and gold. Arrangement of figures is arbitrary.
Anatoly Ivanovich Konenko was born on February 23, 1954 in the city of Orsk, Orenburg Region. Graduated from the Omsk Construction College with a degree in Technician-Architect. In 1982 he graduated from the graphic arts department of the Omsk State Pedagogical Institute named after M. A.M. Gorky. In 1981, he was the first in Siberia to engage in the art of microminiature. His first work was a savvy flea. Today the master has a large, truly unique collection.
Konenko has in his arsenal a grasshopper playing the violin. The length of the violin is 12 millimeters. The details are all real.
He created a railway on a human hair, along which the train moves.
The Siberian "left-hander" is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the person who made the smallest book in the world. Its dimensions are amazing: 0.8 x 0.8 mm!
His works are in museums in the USA, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Spain, Japan, China, as well as in private collections and libraries.
golden boat
Height - 0.25 mm. placed inside the bottle on the mast of a glass sailboat with a height of 34.0 mm. through a 3 mm hole.
Eiffel Tower
on the proboscis of a mosquito Metal. Height 3.2 mm. (Located in the Museum of Miniatures of the World in Montélimar, France)
Bas-guitar
The smallest
bass guitar model
Scorpions
size 9.9 mm
made of human hair, the domes are carved from walnut, the crosses on 22 domes are made of gold.
Church of the Transfiguration (Kizhi)
made of human hair, the domes are carved from walnut, the crosses on 22 domes are made of gold. The height of the model of the cathedral is 9.1 mm
Ant leg lock and key The details of the lock and key are made from the thinnest plate of gold. Key length - 0.24 mm, ring diameter - 0.1 mm. The lock is 0.24 mm high, the shackle is 0.012 mm thick. The height of the lock hole is 0.04 mm, the width is 0.018 mm. Ant room, red. Its length is 2mm.
miniature library
Microbooks are perhaps the greatest pride of the author. He managed to publish about 200 microbooks. All of them are made in compliance with the rules of this printing business.
In 1997, with a circulation of 50 copies in Russian and English, a unique edition was published - Chekhov's Chameleon, which can only be seen under a microscope. The size of the book is 0.9x0.9 mm, it contains 30 pages and 3 color illustrations. For this book in 2002, the name of the master was included in the Guinness Book of Records. But in recent years, the author managed to create smaller samples - books sized 0.3x0.3 mm - these are the books of Pushkin, Lermontov, Koltsov. And even 0.1x0.1 mm - just to see it, you need special equipment. Anatoly Konenko is currently working on a shelving unit for a unique library. It will fit 300 microbooks, and the rack itself is in a poppy seed
Library in a poppy seed
Glass bowl
The Siberian craftsman never ceases to amaze fans of his work. Especially for the New Year, Konenko made a unique glass ball just one millimeter in size. On a bright yellow toy, the numbers of the coming year - 2016 are drawn in red. The ball is decorated with a silver fastening and a pure gold eyelet. You can only see a toy that fits in a grain of rice under a microscope.
Library in a poppy seed
Mini-composition "Lesson of the world"
The globe with a diameter of 6.2 mm is carved from a mammoth tusk. It shows all the continents and their name in Russian. Parallels and meridians are drawn. The sculpture of a boy is carved from a mammoth bone and has a height of 20 mm.
Yuri Deulin
Yuri Deulin from Yekaterinburg dreamed of doing microminiatures since childhood, having read Leskov's story about Levsha. While still at school, he carved a balalaika out of bone, attached strings to it and placed it inside poppy crumbs. None of the school museum staff believed Deulin when he showed them his tiny piece.
Yuri Deulin
Over the years, Yuri's hobby has become a profession. Today, this master has more than a dozen exhibits. Many surprise with their uniqueness and originality.
Over the years, Yuri Deulin has made dozens of unique creations. It has a statue of Liberty, a locomotive, a Kalashnikov assault rifle, signs of the zodiac in its needle eye, a gold watch is placed on the cut of the poppy seed, the hands and divisions of which are made of a web cut along the length. The dimensions of such products are considered in microns. He has paintings that are 1 mm in size. Portraits of Peter I, Nicholas II, the Pope…
Yuri was able to make a copy of the Faberge egg, the artist made it 5 millimeters in size (diameter). And recently, Deulin made a box from a black pearl, and placed a car inside, the length of which is 3.7 millimeters.
Yuri Deulin
By the way, Yuri Deulin is the only microminiaturist in the world who creates volumetric mechanical miniatures: the doors of a car placed in a pearl open, and a golden flea, as soon as it is started with a small key, moves its paws.
Yuri Deulin figures in the eye of a needle
Yuri Deulin
"Ballerina" pearl diameter 5mm, material - gold, platinum, turquoise
"Airplane in a Pearl". Pearl diameter 5mm
Nikolai Aldunin
Nikolai Sergeevich Aldunin was born in the village of Yuzhnaya Lamovatka, Voroshilovgrad Region, on September 1, 1956.
He worked as a mechanic, and then as a turner at industrial enterprises.
At the present time he is engaged only in microminiatures.
He makes all his works from gold under a microscope. And it was he who managed to shoe a flea
Nikolai Aldunin
Here is what the master himself said about his flea: “After all, their paws are empty inside, but hairy outside. I did depilation on my paws, trimmed my claws, put on a pedicure, so to speak, and then only proceeded to the horseshoe. I calculated that two and a half thousand pieces can fit on one match head of these horseshoes. At the very tips of four of the six flea feet, gold horseshoes sparkle. Each has three cloves. One flea horseshoe Aldunin weighs 0.00000004419 grams.
From one gram of gold, 22.629.544 horseshoes will be obtained. That is, you can shoe more than 5 million fleas. The width of each horseshoe is 40 microns, the length is 50, the diameter of the stud caps is 5 at all (1000 microns in 1 millimeter).
Nikolai Aldunin
The master microminiaturist considers the T34/85 tank to be his most difficult work. Case length - 2 mm. Number of details - 257. Material - gold 999.9. The microminiature is located on a longitudinal section of an apple grain. “I made the tank for six months for the 60th anniversary of the Victory. I almost never left the house, only for food in the store.
Nikolai Aldunin
On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Ostankino television tower, the craftsman made an exact copy of it, only 850 thousand times smaller.
The Ostankino television tower is located on apple grain, its height is 6.3 mm.
Nikolai Aldunin
Machine. Length - 1.625 mm. Consists of 34 parts. Material - gold 585 and 999.9 samples. Production time - 6 months.
Bicycle on a sewing needle. Length - 2 mm
Eduard Ghazaryan
The world-famous miniaturist Eduard Ghazaryan is considered the founder of a unique art - microminiatures. In 1950, the European press was simply surprised by an Armenian who claimed to create such small art forms, even smaller than the eye of a needle. One of the readers of one of the German newspapers had doubts about this fact and wrote a letter in which he expressed his disbelief in the artist. A week later, he received an answer handwritten on a human hair. Eduard Kazarian presented his first works, invisible to the naked eye, more than half a century ago. He created about six hundred such miniatures and presented some of them as friendly key rings to famous people of various states - Honecker, Elizabeth 2, Khrushchev, Stalin, Ho Chi Minh, Rockefeller and many others. His exhibitions have been held all over the world....
Eduard Ghazaryan
Edward is a man of phenomenal abilities. He was born in Yerevan, where he received his higher musical education and for many years was one of the leading musicians of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia. In addition to his micro-art and musical talents, Edward was a renowned musical innovator, musical sculptor and cartoonist. Now famous musicians own his violins. ...
The smallest backgammon board built on the edges of rice. The board is made of obsidian and gold....
Eduard Ghazaryan
Stone flowers. Made from Armenian stones of various colors. Each bouquet of roses is a hundred times thinner than a hair...
Golden figurine of Paganini placed inside the eye of a needle. The musician's face is 50 times smaller than a grain...
Eduard Ghazaryan
Sculpture of Venus de Milo. Made of marble, thinner than a human hair....
An image of a zoo on a horse's hair. All kinds of animals are placed in twelve cells and made of Armenian stones....
Valery Dvoryanov
Music teacher of the Cherepovets School of Arts and Crafts Valery Dvoryanov works real miracles. In his hands, ordinary things acquire an unexpected meaning and appearance. Most often, people put granulated sugar in tea, boil rice, and flavor pastries with poppy seeds.
Valery Dvoryanov was born in 1947 in Krasnodar. His father, a man passionate about creativity, created unique models of miniature weapons, so Valery showed interest in miniatures not by chance.
Valery Dvoryanov
And for the Cherepovets master, this is the main material for creativity. The unique microminiatures created by Valery Dvoryany are worthy of the glory of the famous Lefty.
The weapon miniature occupies a special place in the master's work. Over the course of several decades, the master created a large collection of cold steel and firearms of various systems, historical periods and states
The high level of performance has earned the attention of experts, who note a striking resemblance to the original items of the collection, which have inside, although a small, but functioning mechanism. These works can only be appreciated at high magnification. The fantasy of the master never ceases to amaze and captivate the viewer: daggers, a Cossack saber, an arquebus, a fortress squeaker, a hammer, pliers are inserted into the ears of sewing needles. And all this is no more than 2 millimeters!
Valery Dvoryanov
The next step towards improvement was miniature engravings and drawings made on extremely small forms - rice and poppy seeds, horse hair, bone plates with an area of \u200b\u200bno more than 1 mm2. The collection of works includes both individual exhibits and thematic collections - "My Pushkin", "Coats of Arms, Flags, Politicians", "Cartoon Heroes", "Believe or Don't Believe" and others. The miniatures are made under a microscope without the help of special technical equipment, literally by hand.
Andrey Rykovanov
Rykovanov Andrei Leonidovich - master of artistic microminiature, publisher of miniature books. Andrey Rykovanov was born on September 11, 1965 in Omsk. By education, he is a specialist in industrial and civil construction. The art of microminiature has been his hobby since childhood. For 20 years of creativity, the artist has completed about 500 unique works. Some of them had copies. Some of the works are in museums around the world and private collections.
By the way, Andrei is actually left-handed. With his left hand, under a microscope, armed with a special micro-painting brush made from just a single hair, he paints rice grains, creating the world's tiniest paintings.
Andrey Rykovanov
A copy of A.S. Pushkin's self-portrait with the text of his work "Talisman" on a cut of rice grain
The icon "Almighty" with the text of the prayer "Our Father" is made on two halves of a poppy seed in the technique of micropainting, in color. The smallest icon in the world. Figure area 0.8 mm, letter height 0.025 mm, line thickness 0.0002 mm
Andrey Rykovanov
17 portraits of tsars and tsarinas of the Romanov Dynasty on sections of poppy seeds
Composition "BUTTERFLY" on amber. The area of the work is 1x2mm.
Nikolai Syadristy
The well-known master of microminiatures Nikolay Sergeevich Syadristy was born in 1937 in the village of Kolosnikovka in the Kharkiv region. He studied at the Kharkov Art College. A man of various interests, M. Syadristy has been creating microminiatures for over 40 years. All miniatures are made only by hand, with its own unique technology for each work.
Nikolai Syadristy
A blooming rose is placed in a case made of human hair, drilled in length and polished to transparency (bud diameter - 0.05 mm, stem - 0.005 mm). The petals and leaves of the flower are made from flakes of a layer of paint that were removed from an old painting during its restoration.
Nikolai Syadristy
The length of the frigate is 3.5 mm; the thickness of the rig is 0.003 mm (which in cross section is 400 times thinner than a human hair). The model consists of 337 parts.
Nikolai Syadristy
Composition of gold on a grain of sugar.
Caravan. The composition is made of gold and placed in the eye of an ordinary needle.
Nikolai Syadristy
The model of the brewery made of gold and platinum consists of 137 parts. Placed on half a grain of barley
The smallest violin in the world - its length is 3.45 mm
Conclusion
We found out that Leskovsky Lefty has modern prototypes - craftsmen who create real miniature miracles.
The exhibits must be viewed under a microscope. There are, of course, a number of works that can be seen with a magnifying glass, their organizers jokingly call them “giant” compared to those that are visible only under a microscope.
The material for the manufacture of the smallest creations are poppy, rice, barley and other grains, insects, needle eyes, hair and other unusual objects, such as apricot pits, marble chips and even mammoth bones.
