Ran Longquan, a master of microscopic carving, scrutinizes his works at his studio in Kunming, southwestern China’s Yunnan province. The master, born into a carpenter family, is 60 years old. Since the 1980s, he has been carving on miniature items, such as a grain of rice, a peepal tree seed, and even a strand of hair. His pieces of art have now been collected by Japan and Singapore.
