A Glasgow artist has taken lockdown boredom to the next level - by reimagining some of the most famed Olympic sports on a small ‘at home’ scale.
Photographer David Gilliver, from the Gartcosh area of the city, used a series of everyday items and tiny two-centimetre figurines to turn his vision into a reality.
Some of the sports he came up with included the ‘Macaroni Hurdles’ and the ‘Linguine Vault’ - which captures tiny sportspeople using bits of pasta to compete.
The 41-year-old also used pieces of candy beads threaded onto stick of dried spaghetti to create a swimming race, which has been named the ‘400m sweet style’.
David managed to create ‘The Mini Olympics’ series at his home while in lockdown during February and March this year.
He said: “At the start of 2021 I felt strongly compelled to create a new series of photographs in our house that depict figurines on tiny expeditions and going on holidays as an escape and to help lighten the mood a little.
"Add to that the repeated delays with the Olympics, and so I decided that if the Olympics wouldn't come to me then I would create my own miniature series of events."
In one image, a 2cm clay athlete launches herself over a high jump made of a cocktail stick propped up by Fizzers, to land on the cushion of a Gummy Bear.
David also photographed a small diver prone to leap off a chocolate bar into a pool of blue M&Ms.
His list of ingredients for the set included macaroni, spaghetti, asparagus, candy bracelets, linguine, polenta, candy sprinkles, Gummy Bears, Fizzers, blue M&Ms and a Kinder Bar.
The father-of-one said: "My weekly shops were interesting.
"All I could think about when I was in Morrisons during that fortnight was what might make a decent prop for my next scene!
"Anything that got used in the scenes and avoided glue, was either put back in its packet (for use later) or eaten!"
He spent over an hour setting up each scene and took over 700 photos in total with his Canon 5D Mark III before whittling it down to the final 10.
David said: "The miniature worlds that I create help to transport me away from what is going on in the real world which has been incredibly therapeutic especially during the past twelve months.
"My artworks normally carry a layer of humour within them, which is kind of unavoidable when photographing tiny little people!
"I think having a sense of humour is really important right now to help us through these challenging times.
"So hopefully my new series will help to raise a few smiles and lighten the mood a little."
To see more of David's work visit www.davidgilliver.com or his Instagram @dgilliver.
