Nikolay Aldunin is a Russian artist who creates the most amazing miniature artworks from solid gold. Though the amount of gold is minuscule and not expensive, the incredible detail and workmanship makes these pieces quite valuable and often are exhibited in museums.

Russian rifle beneath a match head.

Aldunin works with a microscope to create his art.

Space rocket launching from a seed.

This dried flea is wearing a handmade saddle and stirrups. Yee-hah!

A camel convoy through the desert found in the eye of a needle.To really realize the scale of these artworks get a needle out and remind yourselfexactly how tiny the hole is!

What, no Arab camel herder. How lame. (Kidding!)

Source English Russia.