Tracy Ealdama Makes Lifelike Miniatures

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Meet Tracy Ealdama, a self-taught artist from Toronto, Canada that crafts miniature models of stores, buildings and more found in and around Toronto.

Miniature Buildings

Using everyday objects like wooden coffee stirrers, card stock paper, barbecue skewers, plastic bottle caps, and toothpicks, Tracy Ealdama handcrafts her miniature models with her main focus being on recreating the exterior beauty of the iconic stores, diners, and other businesses of Toronto.

Checkout some of Tracy’s incredible work down below:

More Minis

More recently, Tracy has expanded beyond Toronto architecture and, in doing so, has created some incredible pop-culture miniatures ranging from the movie Joker to The Mandalorian and even an action packed take on The Avengers !

We here at Ripley’s approached Tracy about recreating one of our iconic buildings, the Tower from Ripley’s Odditorium at Niagara Falls and let’s just say we couldn’t be more impressed with what she cooked up!

If you want to stay up to date with Tracy’s work, check out her Instagram where she is most active and always keeping her audience in the loop regarding her newest creations!

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