These stunning images of rolling plains, volcano eruptions and snow-topped mountains look like nature at its very best – but they are actually models made using spices, cotton wool and grout.
Artist Matthew Albanese spends hours painstakingly putting the models together and then brings them to life using clever photography. Some of his designs measure less then three feet in length but the remarkable effect is gained by the perspective from which the photo is taken.
Mr Albanese, 26, started making the models in 2008 but has already sold seven of his pieces to collectors for more than 600 pounds each.

Pictured: This looks like a real volcano, but it’s actually one of Matthew Albanese’s finely detailed models made out of tile grout, cotton, phosphorous ink, and lit from within by 6-60 watt light bulbs.

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