Gilliver’s travels: miniature figurines used to create surreal images inspired by summer holidays
Gilliver’s travels: miniature figurines used to create surreal images inspired by summer holidays
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Artist uses miniature railway figures to create surreal images inspired by dreaming of summer holidays while in lockdown
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David Gilliver has used his pioneering art form for commercial campaigns including 3, Sony and Adobe – but his main passion is making tiny depictions of imagined worlds.
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He collects miniature railway figurines from as far afield as Japan and Singapore and sends them to an artist to be painted to his own specification.
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They are then posed up with other props – such as shortbread biscuits to create a version of Stonehenge, or a plastic remote control to resemble a family sitting room – and photographed.
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Gilliver, who studied at Glasgow School of Art, said the technique has been copied by others trying to imitate his unique take on modern life, and prints have been sold in John Lewis.
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He often uses fruit to create a landscape, including oranges sliced in half, and grapes, which look giant in comparison to the tiny figurines.