No one can match this artist! Bright spark photographer makes incredible mini-sculptures using burnt matches
- He came up with the idea while playing with a box of matches
- He bends matches into shape and then uses macro lens and studio flash
By SEAN O'HARE
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A burning desire to create something beautiful has led a Russian photographer to come up with incredible mini sculptures made from spent matches.
Stanislav Aristov, 30, makes the pieces of art by bending the matches into the desired shape while they are burning and then using a macro lens and studio flash he shoots the fire, matches and smoke.
Highlights include seasonal sculptures of a brightly lit Christmas tree and a burning star.
Lighting up the Christmas tree: The artist, Stanislav Aristov, 30, from Yekaterinburg in Russia said: 'I came across this type of art by accident'
Eiffel Tower: Russian artist Stanislav Aristov, 30, bends burning matchsticks to make the intricate fiery works
Star burning brightly: Mr Aristov bends the matches into the desired shape while they are burning and then uses a macro lens and studio flash he shoots the fire, matches and smoke
As well as a host of animals including a matchstick dragonfly, a glowing butterfly and a tail-blazing lizard made out of the charred remains of matches.
The artist from Yekaterinburg in Russia said: 'I came across this type of art by accident.
'I was playing with a pack of matches while I was deciding what to photograph for a competition.
'It was while I was watching the match that I began to think of how it represents life.
'There is the burnt part representing the past, the smoke of memories left and the untouched part of the match the future.
'The fire is the life. Matches of course are quite normal objects but it turned out they can be presented in very unusual ways.'
Sperm and the butterfly: Matches of course are quite normal objects but it turned out they can be presented in very unusual ways', said Mr Aristov
Dragonfly and the caterpillar: Mr Aristov was playing with a pack of matches while deciding what to photograph for a competition when he had that spark of inspiration
Spider and the yacht: It was while he was watching the match that he began to think of how it represents life
Bulrushes and the fly: The burnt match represents the past, the smoke represents the memories and the untouched part the future, Mr Aristov believes
Lizard and the snail: 'The fire from the mini sculptures represent life,' Mr Aristov said
