75. Russian Levsha Museum
The Russian Levsha museum is a small museum in every sense of the word. The main exhibits occupy a single room, and it took me just 30-40 minutes to see everything. I had to use a microscope, though, because it is a museum of microminiature sculptures. Everything here includes details that are smaller than one millimeter in size (i.e., can only be measured in micrometers/microns), and many are too small to see any features with the naked eye. The sculptures are fixed in place underneath microscopes to allow for easy viewing.
Examples of the art include horseshoes added to the feet of a real flea, sculptures of five palm trees and nine camels placed into the eye of a needle, the entire Russian alphabet carved into the face of a cut human hair, a poem carved onto a grain of rice, and a bunch of figures and military medal sculptures that are smaller than a poppy seed.
The patience it takes to create any of these sculptures boggles the mind. The necessary tools are on display, and although they have extremely fine points - many times sharper than a sewing needle - it still seems unlikely that anyone could use them to create something like this.
This institution is just a block away from the Faberge Museum. In many ways I found these sculptures more impressive than the objects on display there. Both are somewhat gimmicky (tiny size vs. priceless materials), but each amazingly beautiful in their own ways. Certainly, this kind of work requires a steadier hand and greater reservoir of patience to create.
Examples of the art include horseshoes added to the feet of a real flea, sculptures of five palm trees and nine camels placed into the eye of a needle, the entire Russian alphabet carved into the face of a cut human hair, a poem carved onto a grain of rice, and a bunch of figures and military medal sculptures that are smaller than a poppy seed.
The patience it takes to create any of these sculptures boggles the mind. The necessary tools are on display, and although they have extremely fine points - many times sharper than a sewing needle - it still seems unlikely that anyone could use them to create something like this.
This institution is just a block away from the Faberge Museum. In many ways I found these sculptures more impressive than the objects on display there. Both are somewhat gimmicky (tiny size vs. priceless materials), but each amazingly beautiful in their own ways. Certainly, this kind of work requires a steadier hand and greater reservoir of patience to create.
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