Micro-miniature space art heading for ISS

Check out the gallery of micro-space-art created by Vladimir Aniskin that will be going to the International Space Station: Miniature Cosmic Art to Fly in Space – RIA Novosti

The miniatures — made under a microscope with movements timed to the artist’s heartbeat — will be affixed to a palm-sized plate of Charoite, a lavender-colored pearlescent mineral only found in Siberia.

When asked how he has so much patience, Aniskin laughed: “it’s not my patience, but my wife’s,” adding that she has supported his work from the beginning.