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.
A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .
A woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .
A scorned woman sparked a punch-up in an airport after she caught her copper boyfriend returning from a romantic holiday with a female police officer .
Made up of 40,000 pieces, putting in over 200 hours of work and blunting endless blades, this is the final result for the world’s largest jigsaw, finally finished on Wednesday .