UK-based artist Luke Jerram creates glass-blown sculptures of viruses and bacteria, magnified approximately 1,000,000 times.

While the winter is still here many artists and creative minds try to use Mother Nature’s ready-made canvases from ice and snow to express themselves. Here are 12 literally cool examples of things made using ice and snow.

Cyprus-based artist Helena Georgiou discovered digital photography 4 years ago, and looks like she really found her niche.

The mission of the project was to do a tribute to classic 2d platform games and integrate the person with the street scenes. Shot from above using a tele lens to make the images more flat, it was possible to create the feeling of the model navigating in the streets.

Atlanta-based artist Hense chose a historic church from the Ward 6 district in Washington D.C. as his canvas and painted it in vibrant flashy colors.

For this creative collaboration with beatboxer WanDan , Kayalight Studios wanted to create a concept, not just a music video. They developed a back story around the project and created a website for a fictional company, Ksana Institute, to host the video.

Nikolai Aldunin is the master of miniature sculptures – his sculptures are so small, that the artist needs to use a microscope throughout the process.

Jonason Pauley and Jesse Perrottato spent two-and-a-half years working on it with real people and real toys. This is what I call patience! “TS Project” started production in late June 2010 by Jonason Pauley, (then 17), and Jesse Perrotta (18).

Canadian land artist Michael Grab creates gravity-defying balancing rock sculptures simply by being patient enough to find every small indentation of the rocks and feeling how they click together.

A Japanese artist Rie Hosokai has created the “Daisy Balloon” project, where her models are wearing dresses, made from… balloons! Rie uses a kind of custom technique, very similar to the conventional knitting.