osamu kobayashi
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NEW WORKS 2013
(c) Osamu Kobayashi 2013



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micro chess board, stainless steel, 3.8 mm X 3.8 mm (0.15 in), thickness 0.43 mm (0.017 in), hand-etched grid filled with hand-tapped microdots, with 18K gold king, 18K white gold bishop and knightImagination is Eternal micro knight chess piece on pen nib base diameter 0.33 mm (0.013 in) height 0.68 mm (0.028 in)Ride on Time micro knight chess piece 18K white gold on watch balance wheelDetail of previous photomicro king chess piece for 3.8 mm chess board before detachment from gold wire, comparison with my hair, 18K white gold, base diameter 0.37 mm (0.015 in), height 1.00 mm (0.039 in)detail of previous photo, micro king chess piece, 18K yellow goldmicro chess board, 0.95 mm X 0.95 mm, stainless steel, hand-etched grid filled with hand-tapped microdotscloseup of 0.95 mm X 0.95 mm chess board, stainless steel, hand-etched grid filled with hand-tapped microdotspawn chess piece on very tip of gold wire before detachment, 18K white gold, base diameter 0.06 mm, height 0.08 mm, for 0.95 mm chess board
Moment of Silence
full micro chess set

3.8 mm X 3.8 mm (0.15 in) chess board, stainless steel with hand engraved grid and micro dots, and white and yellow gold chess pieces with base of approx. 0.33 mm (0.013 in)

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