This Artist Makes Realistic Miniatures of Iconic TV & Film Sets
Miniatures of the television and film sets that you loved, are so detailed that you think you are looking at photos of Monica’s living room from Friends, the comic store from The Big Bang Theory, or Flourish and Blotts bookshop from Harry Potter. They are the creations of Los Angeles artist Bridget McCarty whose attention to detail is absolutely amazing.
McCarthy has not only recreated the sets, according to My Modern Met, she has also included tiny items of what made the sets memorable. The miniatures are so painstakingly detailed that it can take up to a month to complete one.
“I’ve been a miniature artist since I was 22 and it has been my full-time job since then,” McCarty told My Modern Met. “I have always wanted to be transported away to a magical world and this was my way of creating that.”
Where it began
McCarty was inspired by the miniatures her grandmother collected reported Wales Online. As a child, she was never allowed to touch the delicate collectibles and that made her even more obsessed with them.
McCarty began making miniatures as a hobby while she studied animation in school but she soon started going to conventions and set up a small online shop. People were so fascinated by her work that it became a full-time job.
“Other artists bought my pieces and that motivated me to keep it up,” McCarty told Wales Online.
“Other artists bought my pieces and that motivated me to keep it up,” McCarty told Wales Online.
About her work
The miniature sets are doll-sized rooms that are made from wooden boxes and are dimensionally 50cm or less. McCarty makes them from what she described as, “anything you can imagine.
“Sometimes, you can go to the craft store and your mind will be blown by ideas,” she said. And all of them have tiny electrical wiring to light the rooms.
McCarty’s inspiration comes from her favorite TV shows and movies as well as from theme parks and other places she has visited. Her miniatures are becoming more and more popular and she has no plans to stop making them.
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The scale is perfect even to the food being cooked in Seinfeld’s kitchen and the tiny bag of chips being poured into an equally tiny bowl.
“I love having a finished piece and knowing I used my best skills to create it,” she said. “It can really take you away to another world and inspire many more people.”
