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Turkish 'Microangelo' tells Istanbul's
tale on miniature objects
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 [December 01, 2017]
By Mehmet Emin Caliskan
ANKARA (Reuters) - Following his morning
stroll around Istanbul's medieval Galata tower, Hasan Kale walks into a
bulk food market to examine the goods that will make up his next canvas.
"These are the ones I was looking for," Kale says excitedly, as he
scoops up a handful of pumpkin seeds.
The 57-year-old's morning routine may not stand out at first glance, but
his motive does. At home, once Kale pours his freshly bought pumpkin
seeds on his table, the adventure begins.
A micro-artist renowned as Turkey's Microangelo, a pun on Italian
Renaissance master Michelangelo, Kale paints scenes from Istanbul on
miniature objects or even food particles.
For him, no object is too small - from fig seeds to bottle caps, lentils
to fishbone, Kale finds any object or food big enough to paint a scene
from his hometown of Istanbul.
"Of course the only hindrance here is that you can't hang it on your
wall and (look at it) while you sip your coffee. You have to submerge in
it," Kale said.
Celebrating his 22nd year as a micro-artist, Kale said he has so far
painted on 350 different objects, but that one of the biggest challenges
of using food as a canvas is that his micropieces may not always last
for long.
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Turkish micro artist Hasan Kale displays one of his art work on a
feather at his office in Istanbul, Turkey, November 27, 2017.
Picture taken November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Nowadays, Kale said he was working on opening the world's first
micro objects museum to exhibit his tiny oeuvre.
"I fight to make them last forever ... I try to take them to the
highest level and I want to display them in the world's first and
only museum of micro-objects that I want to open."
(Additional reporting by Bulent Usta; writing by Yesim Dikmen;
editing by Tuvan Gumrukcu/Mark Heinrich)
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