There is something very seductive about holding an exquisite, small work of fine art in the palm of one's hand and being into that minute jewel-hued space.

Man's fascination with painting and sculpting in miniature, creating fine art on a small scale, has manifested itself in many ancient civilizations such as those of the classical world and in the Far East, Byzantium, Persia, India and Western Europe.

Today there is an international revival. There is a tendency to think of Minature Art as something new and trendy.  In point of fact it is one of the world's oldest art-forms; having been discovered throughout all previous art civilisations, many of which pursued the practice of painting and sculpting "in the small".

Medieval manuscripts painstakingly produced by monks with brush and pen told the illiterate through the medium of picture of the text in the precious book, and today those books rank among the most valuable treasures of museums throughout the world.  So it is that, with the revival of painting and sculpting  in miniature, socieities world-wide have formed to ensure that the art-form survives as fine art.