Incredibly Detailed Dioramic Scenes of Everyday Life Created On the Inside of Coffee Cups

Parisian artist Anastassia Elias who is known for her exacting ability to create scenes inside small spaces such as empty toilet paper rolls, has once again proven her incredible skill with dioramas of ordinary life, that’s been carved on the inside of coffee cups and then backlit for greater effect.

(translated) Two series of sculptures inside cardboard cups that I made in 2015. The first series was carried out for a cup of coffee in Toronto, Canada. The idea was to represent a few situations where we could use a good coffee to stay awake. Do Series of sculptures inside cardboard cups that I made in 2015 for a cup of coffee in Toronto, Canada. …The second series was carried out to Starbucks for his campaign at the end of the year.

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