Carved Matchstick Sculptures

These tiny sculptures are all the size of a matchstick! 

A simple and original message from the Makati City Fire Station (above).  Great advertising from DDB.

Above Three: Publicado Por Dr.Fofato, Dos Fosforos Bailando Tango and Santa by Javier Gobai 

 Don’t you just love the fact that he used a match head for Santa’s sack?

 Above: Mythology matchsticks - Venus de Milo, David and Mercurio  by Christian Hernandez

Monkey by Linda Master

Parrot by Linda Master

Artist unknown, Photo by Steven Depolo 

(Originally posted in the Eclectix "BURN" Issue, July 2011,

 along with the permanent online exhibit of fire-related art, LINK HERE.)

Paul Moschell’s Matchbox Personas

Most galleries always seem to want larger works but smaller, even tiny works like these matchbox paintings hold a special place in my heart. Imagine creating these miniature paintings, the brushstrokes must be the size of a pin! 

Paul has a fun little animated website with a Tim Burtonesque feel, chock full of his wonderful larger paintings as well. (HERE) 

Originally posted in the Eclectix "BURN" Issue, July 2011,

 along with the permanent online exhibit of fire-related art, LINK HERE.

BURN: Jason D’Aquino’s Matchbook Art

Remember when you got matches at every restaurant or venue? They are a lost art nowadays but Jason’s art makes them immortal. He creates tiny works on found surfaces, such as matchbooks, old vellums and antique ledgers. Small, tightly rendered little wonderments, graphites with highlights. His collection on matchbooks came as a desire to easily demonstrate the detail in his works, so that people would be able to compare it in scale, to a common object. Jason is a fantastic tattoo artist as well and is the owner of Leviathan in upstate New York.

From an interview in MetalInk- 

“MI: ...you were influenced by your mother, who was also an artist?

Jason: When I was really young, I used to hassle her to draw this, draw that. It amazed me the way she could pull something out of thin air. It was the closest thing I’d ever seen to magic. Pencil instead of a wand but just a few flicks of the wrist and you have something out of nowhere, and it affected me. I wanted to be able to do what she was able to do. I didn’t want to be a fireman, or a policeman like other kids.” 

Jason's Site

Current Exhibitions:

Castellani Museum

Niagara Falls, NY

Thru Sept. 18th, 2011

1988 Gallery

Los Angeles, CA

"Crazy 4 Cult" book release and exhibit

July 7th - 9th, 2011

Originally posted in the Eclectix BURN Issue, June 2011,

 along with the permanent online exhibit of fire-related art, LINK HERE.

Lori Nix and Her Little Places

Stumbled upon these great dioramas by Lori.

 "Abandoned buildings in an apocalyptic world"... 

From CoolHunting - She "photographs epic scenes of destruction and grandeur, natural wonders and glittering metropolises, magnificent architecture and heroic landscapes that all have one thing in common—they're all fake. Lori gives us a tour behind the artifice, showing us how she meticulously crafts the miniature sets using found objects and model-making materials."

Her site is here.