Microsopic Sculpture

微型雕塑

Daniel Chen

【新聞關鍵字】

1. microscopic adj. 微型的; 只能用顯微鏡看到的

2. microscope n. 顯微鏡

3. miniaturist n. 微圖畫家

4. grain n. 粒(米)

5. pulse n. 脈搏

6. diligent adj. 費盡心血的

It’s art, but not as you know it.

它是藝術，但和你知道的不一樣。

These sculptures are so tiny, you need a microscope to see them.

這些雕塑品如此微小，小到你需要用一台顯微鏡來看它們。

This exhibition shows the work of Russian artist Vladimir Aniskin.

這個展覽展出的是俄羅斯藝術家雷地摩阿尼斯金的作品。

He calls himself a micro-miniaturist and makes the sculptures using a microscope and hand-made tools.

他稱他自己叫作微雕藝術家，並且使用一台顯微鏡和手工製成的工具做雕塑品。

His art fits on a sliced grape seed, a grain of rice or even a human hair.

他的藝術品比一個切片的葡萄種子，一粒大米或者甚至一根人髮還小。

It’s a kind of work that requires extreme self-control.

這種工法需要具備極端的克制力。

[Vladimir Aniskin, Micro-minaturist]:

“If you hold an instrument under a microscope and relax, you will see that the end of the instrument moves each time your heart beats. The heart beats in pulses and between those pulses you have around half a second to make a controlled movement. After much practice, I have learned to work between my heart beats. In those breaks, I do the most diligent work."

[雷地摩阿尼斯金，超微型藝術家]：

「如果你在一台顯微鏡下拿著一個工具並且放鬆自己，你將看到每當你的心臟跳動的時候，工具的末端在移動。脈搏裡的跳動，在那些脈搏之間你只有大約半秒鐘可以做一次可控制的移動。經過多次練習之後，我學到了在心跳之間工作。在那些間斷的過程中，我完成我最精心的作品。」

【新聞關鍵字】

7. draw v. 吸引

8. caravan n. 旅隊

9. needle n. 針

10. trophy n. 勝利紀念品

11. miniature n. 微型畫

12. work out ph. 解決

Aniksin’s skill is drawing visitors to an exhibition of his work in Novosibirsk in Siberia.

阿尼斯金的專長，吸引了參觀者到位於西伯利亞的新西伯利亞，展示他作品的展覽場上。

Aniskin’s been making these sculptures since 1998.

阿尼斯金從一九九八年開始微雕工作。

One of his early works was this caravan of camels that fits in the eye of a needle.

他早期有一座駱駝旅行隊穿進針孔的作品。

More recently, football club Zenit St Petersburg’s victory in the UEFA Cup inspired Aniskin to make the trophy in miniature.

近年來，足球隊車尼特聖彼得堡贏得歐洲杯，啟發阿尼斯金做出這個小獎杯。

But he says the cup’s complicated design caused him particular problems.

但是他說杯子錯綜複雜的設計引發一些特殊的問題。

It took him about two months to work out how to make the sculpture.

經過兩個月的努力他解決了這件雕刻品的製作。

But the challenge wasn’t too great, and his completed creation now stands two millimetres high.

但是這個挑戰不夠大，他目前完成的創作有兩毫米高。

本新聞影音出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞

http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_life/2009-05-26/821210658047.html

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