Turkey's 'Microangelo' turns tiny objects into artworks

ISTANBUL - For Turkey's "Microangelo", any tiny, discarded item might be the canvas for his next mini-masterpiece, from a matchstick to a pumpkin seed.

The delicate, impeccably detailed miniature paintings of Hasan Kale often require a magnifying glass for viewers to see the nuances but can take months to complete.

Some of the artist's best-known pieces are a scene from the movie Pulp Fiction on the side of a piece of popcorn and the silhouette of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on a grain of rice.