Field guide No. 010
Canned serenity
Zen garden, packed in water.
A tin peeled open on a tiny Japanese garden: bonsai, stepping stones, a bridge and two koi. Best before never.
Field noteBonsai exist, koi exist, tins exist. The arrangement is merely unprecedented.
Also possible, also breaking scale
The greenhouse’s new occupantA nest the width of a greenhouse needs a bird to match. Undiscovered, not undiscoverable.
Slow amusementA miniature funfair on a glass snail is a model maker’s commission. Ambitious, not absurd.
Harbor stringsGlass violins exist, and so do model harbours. Neither is improved by the tide, but both survive it.
The bell pepper operaPeppers are hollow and already have tiers of a sort. Opera houses are the same shape, with tickets.