Miniature street art - in pictures

Fantastic Voyage, 2011, by London-based street artist Slinkachu who creates installations in finely-detailed miniature using litter and cut up train set figures less than 4cm tall. "It is a strange kind of buzz abandoning your creations on the street," he says Photograph: Slinkachu

A wider view of Slinkachu's Fantastic Voyage installation in Wandsworth, South London. "I don't hang around to see what happens to the work," he says Photograph: Slinkachu

Slinkachu's Relics, 2009. "I like taking something grubby and making it beautiful." Photograph: Slinkachu

Slinkachu’s Chicken Tikka Disasta, 2010, east London. The artists says his work reflects the universal feeling "of being ignored and overlooked, of feeling small. It is as easy for us to fall through the cracks in the pavement as it is for these little people" Photograph: Slinkachu

Bones, 2011, by Slinkachu. The artist will exhibit photographs of his past work as well as new installations at the Andipa Gallery, London SW3, from 3 March Photograph: Slinkachu

Isaac Cordal is another sculptor of miniature street art working in London. This typically poignant work, Follow the Leader, is from his Cement Eclipses series, placed in a Hackney puddle in 2010 Photograph: Isaac Cordal

Another Public Swimming Pool, 2010, Isaac Cordal. Cordal is realistic about the likelihood of his work getting damaged or stolen, although he says "street art is for everyone. I don't leave them on the street for people to take" Photograph: Isaac Cordal

Cordal’s Respecting the Yellow Line: "a small representation of the absurdity of our existence" Photograph: Isaac Cordal

The Tenant, 2010, Isaac Cordal. Photograph: Isaac Cordal

Cordal’s Lovers, 2010, Hackney. Given the ephemeral nature of his work, photography is key to Cordal's practice. "I can create more complex compositions, like a form of reportage. I can create a small drama" Photograph: Isaac Cordal

Business Man, 2010. Cordal's strangely moving cement sculpture is less than 5cm in height. Photograph: Isaac Cordal

Summer in London, 2010. Isaac Cordal's book Cement Eclipses is published by Carpet Bombing Culture in May 2011 Photograph: Isaac Cordal