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Check out These Amazing, Elaborately Detailed Miniature Worlds Made for Snails

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I’m not exaggerating: this is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in quite a while. Samuel Copeland and Aleia Murawski create amazing miniature worlds for their pet snails and they are insanely impressive.

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Snails in love 🐌🐌✨ Commissioned by @apple for Valentine’s day. Sam and I have been working on this nonstop for the past couple weeks and are so excited to finally share. This commission has felt unreal and special as we always shoot on our phones – all of our previous video work, including music videos, have been shot on our iphones. This project gave us the opportunity to work on a longer narrative, to follow two snails from high school sweethearts into their old age. Please watch the version with sound on @apple ig 🙂 we hope you enjoy this one✨ Made w Sam Copeland. #ShotoniPhone ♥️♥️♥️

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So how did anybody even think about doing something like this?

Copeland said that he and Murawski started the project when they found the snails while visiting Copeland’s parents in Illinois. He added,

“We made a terrarium for them…and around the same time, we started making miniature scenes together.

At first, we were keeping them as pets and just loved looking at them every day. Then we realized, the sets we were making were roughly snail-sized and we loved the idea of animating these rooms.”

Take a look at these little worlds they’ve created. They are spectacular.

1. In the lab.

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Back to school for my 🐌🧪

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2. Wheel of Snails.

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From our studios in Hollywood, It’s America’s most watched game show! 🐌🐌🐌🚨 (Made with + edited by the brill Sam Copeland)

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3. This one is great.

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🐌🧻

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4. Chilling at home.

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My other mini room for @broccoli_mag In Bloom event!! 🐌🌿 thankfully shipped these rooms right before our flood – I am so freaking happy they made it to Portland ok✨✨wishing i could transport me and my snails, but if you r there this weekend please send me photos 🤗♥️♥️♥️

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5. Skate or die!

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💞 New snail music video “Who Loves the Scum?” made with Sam Copeland for @losgrowlers !!! 🐌full video is in my bio 🙂 can’t wait to hear what u think !!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ Xoxox

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6. Abducted by aliens.

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A snail being abducted by aliens is strangely my sentiment for 2018 lol 🛸🛸🛸 U can see our making of this UFO video on @instagram IGtv!!!! Sam and I are very behind the scenes creatures ourselves, so this is rare footage lol. And ah. 🙈 Thank you for all your support these past few years. You all have given me confidence to keep at it. It means so much to me, I honestly will write you a love letter one day when I find the words… Until then, I will make u little snail videos. Thank you thank you thank you and thank u @instagram 💕💕💕💕💕💕

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7. A love song.

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A love song from my snail to You 💌(made w sam copeland and our snail buddy in 2016🐌💕)

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8. Flying high.

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I really truly cannot believe I'm headed to Tokyo tomorrow w @artbabygirl and @alexwallbaum ????😭This has been a dream trip I been saving up for (in actual piggy banks lol) for over a year. Cannot process this 😭🖤 Please let us know if you have any favorite spots or ideas for us to check out/do !!! I'd love any of your recommendations <3

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9. Life in the RV park.

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Meeting up w your BFF 🐌🌄

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10. Delivering snail mail.

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hi! Free domestic shipping on our store this week. No code needed, will auto apply on snail print packs, posters, and hitachi wands !! (Also say hello to our mail delivery snail. This is one of our baby snails and is their very first shoot lol 😭😌💞)

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11. Just like George Costanza.

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They see me rollin 🎶🧀

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12. Game night!

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Late night game of Dream Phone 📞💕

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I don’t say this very often, but I’m totally blown away by the work of these artists. It’s really incredible stuff!

What about you? What is your reaction?

Share your thoughts with us in the comments, please!