These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create. Japanese illustrator Takanori Aiba, 58, has built the intriguing scale models of windmills, lighthouses and even the Michelin Man.He delicately uses craft paper, plaster, acrylic resin, paint and plastic to create the host of sprawling miniature communities that wrap around the tiny trees.Following his work as an illustrator for Japanese fashion magazine POPYE he has spent the last nine years producing the detailed mini worlds.The creations take at least three months to construct with his Ice Cream Package Tower taking an astonishing 18 months work. Since 2003, he has made eight models, with 10 more planned over the next few years.
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter tragically took her own life after being subjected to horrific abuse at the hands of her ex-partner .
When Janet Curry, 38, was told she was ‘too big to date’ by a man she met on the dating website Plenty of Fish, she didn’t let it stop her from looking for love .
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BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .
An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .
A woman who was addicted to eating curries has shed an impressive 8st after giving up her favourite food .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .