A little coffee powder and white sugar powder may be prepared by anyone with which a cup of coffee, drinks it in a hurry, but a creative spirit and ingenious hands alone may slowly transform it into dirt and ice and make out of it a model that mimics reality.

He did not go to training institutes, nor photographic studios, to teach himself, and to use the raw material he had available with his sense and intuition.

He is Ezz El Din El Hassani (35 years old), born in a popular neighborhood in Salé, near the Moroccan capital, Rabat, and is making his footsteps with dedication in the field of miniature or miniature art.

The secret of the artist Ezz El-Din Al-Hassani's creativity lies in the subtle details (Al-Jazeera)

Deferred childhood

Ezz El-Din assumed responsibility at a young age, and was forced to leave school and work at an early age, and he tells - to Al-Jazeera Net - from his small workshop in the "village" neighborhood on the outskirts of the capital, about his childhood and how he carried sand and bricks in exchange for a few dirhams, before moving to work in the garment trade that It later became his profession.

"I used to work with my eyes watching the kids play, I hid my childhood inside me, as if I was postponing it," Ezz El Din says to Al Jazeera Net.

Talking with Ezz El-Din takes you to worlds full of imagination and creativity, as Ezz El-Din was eager to own toys like other children at the time, but the lack of one hand made him search in the trash for toys or pieces of toys and re-install them to play with, and when he was getting a whole piece of toy he kept Out.

Ezzedine recalls how he lay on his stomach while carrying a plastic camera toy to photograph his first real toy car.

With a smile that does not leave his life, and the humility of self-made artists, Ezz El-Din says, "I did not know that I would become what I am today, and would lie down to photograph the car itself with a real camera within a photographic subject, as my childhood passion led me to develop a hobby of photographing what I collected in the beginning."

All materials can be used in Ezz El-Din's miniature production workshop (Al-Jazeera)

From filming to making thumbnails

When Izz al-Din owned a smart phone, he began to photograph things around him from different angles, and after he was able to acquire a photographic device, he began to articulate his possessions from small pieces, forming them into an integrated subject, in the form of a fairy tale, or a diagnosis that simulates reality.

Ezz El-Din began creating backgrounds for his subjects, from available materials, and the inability to provide the necessary materials and pieces to complete the story or topic pushed him to create complementary miniature pieces. He says, “I did not know about the art of miniature and its photography, and when my hobbies intersected with it, the Internet became my teacher after reality and life.”

Today, Ezz El-Din creates integrated models in small sizes that perfectly simulate reality. If you see pictures of his subjects, you can hardly believe that they are carried in the palm of the hand.

As he takes measurements commensurate with a basic figure (a small anthropomorphic robot) he took as a measure of his work, as do interior and construction engineers, but he is a graduate of observation, patience and determination, and he is inspired by life, reality and experimentation.

All materials are usable in the Izz al-Din workshop, where food coloring is mixed with the remains of wood shavings and crumbs of ropes, colored sponges, wool felt, aluminum paper, and wires, and everything that can be used is used, even the mechanism for chopping garlic from the kitchen may be suitable for chopping plastic, fur or wool .

Ezz El-Din addresses his fans on social media, and his photos are becoming widespread, and his name began to pave the way for a reference in an art that is developing modestly in Morocco.

With simple materials, it simulates reality and documents an authentic culture (Al Jazeera)

What is miniature art?

The art of making miniature crafts is classified within the handicrafts that depend on accuracy and delves into details, and it is based on the manufacture of figures that are the size of the palm of the hand or smaller, that simulate reality, or create an imaginary reality.

Types of these miniature arts are used in architecture designs to minimize the building for the sake of illustration.

And spread the use of these arts in Japan, in the form of pictures, statues and miniature figures.

And the art of making miniature developed from drawing miniature in ancient times, which used to simulate people, symbols and things before the advent of photography, and it is one of the ancient arts that have been revived in a contemporary way, as ancient civilizations made miniature miniatures discovered by archaeologists, which gave an accurate picture of daily life, including what was drawn on Ivory in China, for example, or carving on clay in Peru or wood in France.

Contemporary miniature artists excelled in simulating reality with a measuring scale carried in the palm of the hand, which may become a history of modern reality in the future.

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The miniatures of Izz al-Din reflect the Moroccan cultural depth, as you find among his creations the Moroccan customs of Eid, for example, or a description of the bath or oven, and he works to document the lifestyle of Salé during his childhood, and he may collect a medical laboratory, or a whole living room in a wooden box that you can carry with you wherever She left.

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