Artist captures scenes from childhood in lifelike miniatures
Artist captures scenes from childhood in lifelike miniatures
2025-06-26
Having recently graduated from National Pingtung University with a master’s degree in visual arts, 61-year-old Yeh Ta-ming put on a solo exhibition displaying detailed, life-like miniatures. The pieces capture scenes from the everyday life of his childhood in Taiwan.
Classic newspapers are piled up at a stand, while fruits and vegetables are sold at another. There are also scooters parked by an auto-repair shop, and a traditional Taiwanese kitchen. Surprisingly lifelike, these miniature artworks capture scenes from everyday life in Taiwan.
Yeh Ta-ming
Artist
We would wait for the bus or buy breakfast at this newspaper stand. The old woman at the stand would often greet people and say good morning. The hardest part of this piece was making the newspapers, which are already out of print.
Yeh Ta-ming, now 61 years old, earned his master’s degree in visual arts this year. He spent a lot of time with his little brother growing up, especially because their father was a soldier often away on duty. When his brother passed away in an accident, he became nostalgic for the days spent growing up together in the military village. That nostalgia inspired these artworks, which depict scenes from the 1970s to 1990s.
Yeh Ta-ming
Artist
When he passed away, it made me reminisce and feel nostalgic for the time we spent as kids growing up together in the military village. We had many, many experiences exploring that village together.
After meeting his wife, who’s from Yilan’s Nan’ao Township, Yeh discovered the warmth of a big family. In addition to scenes from the military village, he also incorporated scenes from daily life in Nan’ao. Each work in this exhibition at his alma matter is exquisite and lifelike.
Visitor
It reminds me of my childhood, just in miniature. It’s unbelievable that he could make it so detailed and meticulous. Every single piece is incredibly lifelike. Look at how real it seems. It must have taken a lot of effort.
The process of making such lifelike miniature artworks is incredibly complicated and required Yeh to use magnifying glasses. The impressive works on display at his solo exhibition have received rave reviews from visitors.
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屏東61歲碩士辦袖珍藝術展 重現台灣早年生活樣貌
2025-06-26
屏東有一名61歲的葉大明，今年從屏東大學視覺藝術學系取得碩士學位，他也在校內舉辦了袖珍藝術創作個展，現場展出各式袖珍藝術與熱蠟畫創作，重現出早年台灣的生活樣貌。
擺滿各大報紙的書報攤，有著多種蔬菜的賣菜車，停放好幾台機車的機車行，還有古早味的廚房和快炒攤等等，這些藝術創作品，儘管是袖珍版本，但個個都是栩栩如生。
[[碩士畢業生 葉大明]]
“我們會在這個書報攤，會等車或買早餐，在攤位上的阿嬤，有時候都會跟人家，寒暄問好道早安。這件作品最難做的是，這些已經絕版的報紙”
61歲的葉大明，今年剛剛拿到視覺藝術學碩士學位，因為爸爸是軍人，童年時父子相處時間少，加上自己的弟弟在一場意外中過世，讓他回想起和弟弟一起成長的時光，因此一開始的創作主軸，都以1970到1990期間台灣的場景為主。
[[碩士畢業生 葉大明]]
“因為他的離世讓我去回憶跟懷舊，以前我跟他在我們小時候共同成長的眷村裡面，有非常非常多，我們一起在眷村裡面探險的這種經歷”
而在認識來自宜蘭南澳的妻子，葉大明感受大家庭裡的溫暖，因此創作上，除了眷村，又加入南澳鄉土生活場景，選在母校的展覽中除了有袖珍藝術，也有熱蠟畫，每一個作品精緻又逼真。
[[觀展者]]
“回到小時候，而且是縮小版。覺得太不可思議了，怎麼可以做成這個樣子，這麼細緻，而且每一樣都是維妙維肖的，你看這麼真，不知道花多少心血”
要製作出比例縮小在縮小的各種物品，過程十分複雜，葉大明得使用放大鏡，才能順利完成，如今展出成果，相當亮眼，也獲得許多觀展者的大力支持。
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