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Daily Serving talents video UK | England | West Midlands | Micro model marks new president Tiny sculptures of President-elect Barack Obama's family - which fit into an eye of a needle - have been created to mark his inauguration. Birmingham artist Willard Wigan works between heartbeats to avoid hand tremors and used a hair from a dead fly to paint American's new first family. The artist, who spent months creating the piece, said he hoped it would be displayed in the White House. Mr Wigan said he had wanted to pay tribute to the "massive occasion". Surgical blade The artist, who was made an MBE in December 2006, has previously created sculptures of Elvis, Snow White and The Last Supper, complete with 12 disciples. The sculpture fits within the eye of a sewing needle His work, normally only visible through a microscope, is made by carving with a tiny surgical blade and in the past he has made works from rice, sugar, carbon fibre, gold and nylon. Mr Wigan's new work shows Mr Obama along with his wife Michelle and his daughters Malia and Sasha.

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KRISTYNA MILDE čUMENI The series čUMENI combines two seemingly different approaches of depicting women: the history of European master paintings and modern pop culture. The dolls play the role of historical icons in the familiar paintings pointing out the connection between stereotypical representation in the past and the present. The paintings are first re-created in 3D […] Before & After Kristyna Milde in collaboration with Karina Kottova and Jan Pfeiffer Kristyna, Before & After, 2011, digital print The photo series “Before & After” are conceptual portraits dealing with the relativity of aging. with Kristyna Milde by Natalia Liquiñano Estetica y Dirección de Arte Weblog de apoyo de la asignatura Estética y Dirección de Arte.

Humanities UbuWeb Rwanda Only Creative International Issues MIMOA | Modern Architecture Guide | Contributed, organised, and mapped by you. Dissecting Rwandan criticism of UN report on Congo genocide I've received some angry emails and comments about the posting on the UN mapping report. Since then, the Rwandan and Congolese governments have responded to the allegations, as well. Several of these points merit reflection. Skip to next paragraph Recent posts Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS ofThe Christian Science MonitorWeekly Digital Edition Some general points: 1. (Read the entire pdf report here, in French.) 2. To the concrete points made in Rwanda's rebuttal, which can be read here: The report was leaked to distract from allegations that UN peacekeepers did nothing to prevent an incident of mass rape in Walikale. This is unlikely. It is immoral for the UN, a body that failed to act during the 1994 genocide and then managed the refugee camps that hosted refugees and genocidaires alike in the Congo, to accuse the Rwandan army of genocide. The Christian Science Monitor has assembled a diverse group of Africa bloggers.

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