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The snowman is made of two tiny tin beads, normally used to calibrate electron microscope lenses, which were welded together with platinum.Experts at the National Physical Laboratory in West London made the miniature figure which is just 0.01mm across. Photo: Dr Cox / National Physical Laboratory

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"The Kiss of Death" (El Beso de la Muerte) is undoubtedly the most famous and outstanding composition in the Cementiri del'Est. A winged skeleton representing Death, in an almost erotic manner, kisses the forehead of a young man who collapses.

In 1930 the Llaudet family lost one of their young sons and wanted to make a sculpture for his grave representing the lines from Cinto Verdaguer's epitaph:

But his young heart can't carry on;
in his veins, blood stops and freezes
and the lost strenght to faith holds on
feeling the kiss of death fall upon.

Object | Meret Oppenheim

On one of my many digital meanders I stumbled across this awesome piece of sculpture. It is thousands of free-standing stacks of staples (of varying sizes) assembled to look like a city. I love the contradictions in this piece. The slightest vibration would knock it down, and yet it looks permanent and rooted to the surface, much like a modern metropolis. This says a lot about the fragility of both the modern urban environment and those that live within.
The artist, Peter Root, does a lot of other sculptures using simliar materials precariously balanced (see the piece Transformer) and has exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery.

Website : http://www.peterroot.com