Free miniature art exhibit at Alberta Craft Council [Video]

A fun-size art exhibit is inviting Edmontonians to take a big look at the small things in life.

Minutiae, a new art show at the Alberta Craft Council (ACC), features smaller-than-life artworks from 54 Canadian artists and crafters.

Jill Allan of the ACC said taking ordinary objects and making them extraordinarily small is a way to reframe how we look at everyday life. 

“The sort of playful perspective of making tiny things maybe makes it a bit easier for people to think about things differently,” Allan said. “It’s a more manageable scale.”

Miniature artist Stacy Burnett takes her itty-bitty inspiration from the savory and sweet – and often suspicious-looking – jellied salads of the 1960s and 70s.

“I collect old cook books and I just really wanted to create the ones that gave me feelings,” Burnett said. “Even though those feelings are revulsion.”

Each wearable resin artwork presents a different …