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They are the sort of thing that would make any elf
home and garden complete.
But these amazing minuscule replicas of everyday objects were not built
by pixies but by human hand and are the creation of Dmitry Okhotsky.
The Latvian artist spends months carving his extraordinary models out of
broken gadgets and rubbish and incredibly they work in just the same way
as their traditionally sized counterparts.
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Tiny scissors are able to cut through paper and a small vice is able to
squeeze an object just like the real-life machine would in a workshop.
With a steady hand and an even steadier patience, each sculpture is
carefully carved using specially adapted tools such as a tiny metal hand
saw, minute files and drills.
Mr Okhotsky uses everything from bolts, nails, cans, radio components,
wooden rulers, ice-cream sticks and other items that people usually
throw in the rubbish to make his creations.
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From scissors to a sharp axe, the models are just a fraction of the size
of the items they are based on but all have the exact same working
qualities.
The artist, from Jurmala, said: 'I started sculpting early in my
childhood and as long as I can remember myself I've been doing something
with my hands.
'Whether it was drawing, modelling with plasticine, making figures of
paper I was always busy doing something like that.
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'Later I got interested in crafting different things from wood - and
even now wood is my favourite material.
'I like to visit historical and war museums and especially like the
small exhibits like tanks.
'It's hard to remember what the first one was but the first one I
thought was good was a model of a guitar five times smaller than the
original.
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'Next I want to make a tiny home for all my objects with everything from
a garage, workshop, garden and so on.
'Often during making one thing new ideas occur to me and I start to make
another one - each can take a couple of months.
'The longest work I have done so far is the vice. From the idea and
planning to finishing it, it took a year and half.
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'Although with my two young daughters Irina and Maria running across my
house and 'trying to help' me it's sometimes impossible to make much
progress.
'All of my creations are exclusive and made without copies. They all
work and that's the main target to make the working copy - so the
scissors cut and the vice tighten.'
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