Made by an artist Caralyn Edwards-Tucker, these creations started to appear almost a decade ago. Back then they were made from an air-drying clay, and now it’s polymer clay instead, with the whole thing developing into art business by the name of “Mystic Reflections”.

Toshihiko Hosaka creates some of the most elaborate sand sculptures in all Japan. His work is so detailed and refined, most sculptures look like they've been carved from stone.

Thomas Dambo from Denmark has created over 25 such sculptures around the world during the last 3 years. His latest creations were 6 sculptures in his hometown on Copenhagen, where he installed them in some off-road places, with poems and treasure maps on them to help people find the other ones.

Calvin Nicholls is a Canadian sculptor who uses paper as his chosen medium and his sculptures are extremely lifelike and totally impressive.

Salavat Fidai turns graphite pencils into incredible miniature sculptures that are stunningly detailed.

These ordinary pencils are transformed into amazing mini sculptures by Salavat Fidai who is a master carver.

These stunning statues are delicately crafted out of wood and they are eerily realistic.

The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival is held each year in the northern city of Harbin, China. Crowds attend to see the amazing ice sculptures on display and this year was as remarkable as ever.

These mini works are by Jonty Hurwitz and they are almost invisible to the naked eye.

These interesting pieces of art are by Korean artist, Yong Ho Ji.

These fun models are made by Brian Marshall using only scrap material.
 

These miniature pencil carvings are created by Hungarian artist, Cerkahegyzo, using only a single lead pencil, which he manipulates with files, sandpaper, razor blades and polishing stones.

These giant fish sculptures on a beach in Rio de Janeiro are made out of plastic bottles. They were built in order to raise public awareness of sea pollution.

Amazing sculptures carved in riverbed pebbles by Japanese artist Hirotoshi Itoh.

Washington State holds the yearly sand sculpting world championships that put to shame anything most of us have created on a beach. Check out the mind-blowing intricacy of these sand masterpieces.