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.
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
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An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .
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A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .
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