Artist turns Taiwanese street scenes into miniature models
Artist turns Taiwanese street scenes into miniature models
2025-03-05
Miniatures have gotten popular in recent years. In this art form, artists make1:64 to-scale models of real scenes. One such artist, Ko Ta-tung, worked as an advertiser for over 20 years. In 2008, he threw himself into making miniature models. A lover of Taiwan’s unique night market culture, Ko creates miniatures from his imagination that are quintessentially Taiwanese. Ko makes sure that every market stall is not just tiny but precise. Let’s take a look at his work...
People bustle around night market stalls, making for a lively scene.
Lee Kuan-kuan
FTV reporter
It looks like drone footage of a typical Taiwanese street scene. But it’s actually an entirely handmade, 1:64 scale model.
If you look closely, even the food on the tables is realistic. Every ingredient of the pan-seared steak is essential. Not a single one is missing. At the stall next door, to make the surface of the pan-fried buns look crispy, the artist has to use different colors.
Ko Ta-tung
Miniature artist
It’s a little difficult to make it so small while also being extremely realistic. I believe that when making something like a steak, you need to have a steak as well as the egg. All the accoutrements of a food stall.
Ko Ta-tung used to work as an advertiser for over 20 years. In 2008, he started posting his artwork online of miniature versions of Taiwanese night markets. He’s loved visiting night markets since he was a kid, and dreamed of creating his own quintessentially Taiwanese art.
Ko Ta-tung
Miniature artist
For this mirror, I thought for two months about how to make it reflective. I tried out so many things. It had to be small and curved, as well as reflective.
It’s not enough to just draw a sketch, print out a 3D model and paint it. In order for a piece to be this realistic and possess a soul of its own, you have to try all kinds of paints and materials, in addition to having a delicate hand.
Wearing a magnifier, he paints on every detail on one by one. This food cart is now complete. To make an entire night market, the next step is for Ko to try making a “boss” of this little fiefdom.
Ko Ta-tung
Miniature artist
I’ll first photograph a few examples. Yeah, like the apron and some hand gestures. Then I can make the feel I want of the people and stall owners.
From visualizing the scene to the finished product, Ko does everything himself to make his imagination concrete. His small workshop is packed with his artwork. One day, he hopes to hold an exhibition to show more people his miniature versions of Taiwanese life.
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微型創作近年來很夯，就是把實體景物縮小成1:64的比例，在台灣有一名創作家柯大東，曾經當了20多年的廣告人，2008年全心投入創作，熱愛台灣獨有夜市文化的他，把自己心目中的"台灣味"用微型創作呈現出來，身為細節控，把每個夜市攤販都做得小巧精緻，一起來欣賞他的作品。
一個個夜市攤販，絡繹不絕的人潮，看起來好熱鬧。
[[民視記者 李管琯]]
“看起來是透過空拍機拍攝的台灣街景，但這其實呢，是全手工製作的，1比64超迷你微型創作”
仔細看看連小攤桌面上的食物都很擬真，鐵板牛排上每種配料都是精髓，一樣都不能少，還有旁邊的攤販，生煎包表面要看起來焦脆，得用不同顏色點綴。
[[微型創作者 柯大東]]
“要做到那麼小的時候，你要覺得要擬真的話是有點困難。自己的感覺，像牛排嘛，那我就盡量把它做到，有牛排啊、有蛋啊，是一個整個攤位的點綴”
過去當了20多年廣告人柯大東，2008年開始在網路上發表創作，鎖定台灣夜市街景為主題，因為從小就熱愛逛夜市，夢想創作出屬於自己的"台灣味"。
[[微型創作者 柯大東]]
“這個反光鏡，我其實我這個為了要反光，我想了兩個月，就是一直在試，又小、要弧形，又要讓它可以反光”
可別以為畫出草稿，3D建模列印之後，只要塗塗顏色就能完成，一件作品要如此逼真，有自己的靈魂，得嘗試各種塗料、材質，還要有細膩的工法。
戴上放大鏡頭罩，一筆一畫慢慢點綴，一台老舊的夜市餐車就完成了，有了一座夜市，下一步柯大東要嘗試的，是創作出屬於這小天地的"老闆"。
[[微型創作者 柯大東]]
“那我就會先拍一些示意的。對啊，圍兜兜的樣子，然後有一些手勢，然後就可以擺出，我想要整個夜市人物，整個老闆的氛圍”
從取景到成品，每一步都自己來，把想法具象化，小小的倉庫，全塞滿柯大東收藏的寶藏，有一天要站上展場，讓更多人看見縮小版的台灣文化。
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