These are the smallest tapas we've ever seen.
India-based artist Shilpa Mitha, known to her Internet fans as Sueño Souvenir, makes her clay meals so tiny they can be balanced on a fingertip.
IMAGE: SHILPA MITHA
"It just started out as a hobby during my sound engineering days. I used to enjoy making 3D sculptures using paper and one fine day I just wanted to make myself a pair of burger earrings," Mitha wrote to Mashable.
"And it all started there. With those tiny burgers!"
Mitha has since moved on from sound engineering – making teeny clay creations has been her career since mid 2011.
"From the moment I started on this journey, I really fell in love with it. I do not have time for anything else at the moment," Mitha told Mashable.
Sueño Souvenir used to operate through Etsy, but now Mitha's clay creations are all made to order. She told Mashable that customers can contact her through Facebook to place an order. Even though Mitha is based out of India, she does ship her creations to the United States.
Mitha said that she loves everything about creating the miniature food models, "right from researching about the food, the ingredients that go into it, the colors, the textures. It's so exciting...I totally enjoy this process of trying to replicate the food."
A lot of Mitha's realistic creations are of traditional Indian food.
Sueño Souvenir's blog includes tutorials for some of the minuscule meals. And if you're a D.I.Y. fan living in Bengalore, you're in luck: Mitha occasionally teaches craft workshops.
If you're wondering about the company's name – "sueño" is Spanish for "dream." Shilpa, we are all officially dreaming about eating your tiny meals.
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