Framed Micro Portraits

Moments our clients chose to preserve

”What a duality! How can someone so big(by all standards) look so stunningly small. Without a doubt this work is my most precious possession, and the richest thing is to enter or leave the house and always see it there. (Well try to see it 😂) THE DAD painted in pencil by an Indian artist @sushmitkishore size 5mm”

- Daniela Ochoa Hoyos, Colombia

"Good Morning Sushmit and Meera! It was my delight to receive the artwork yesterday. Have to give it to Sushmit….. God bless those hands capable of creating such wonderful portraits! Am more then thrilled to celebrate our 60th with this memento! Pictures don’t justify what you see having it in front of your eyes! Thanks, Meera for constantly updating me with the execution. Felt so connected with you both in the whole process! Forever a big Fan!"

- Minesh V, Mumbai, India

Thank you so much for creating such an incredible miniature. I absolutely love it! The level of detail, care, and craftsmanship you put into your work is truly remarkable, and it exceeded my expectations. It was a pleasure working with you, and I sincerely hope we have the opportunity to work again in the future. Wishing you continued success. I can't wait to see more of your amazing work!

- Preet K, Gujarat, India.

"Hello Sushmit. Hope you are doing fine along with your family. Your artwork has literally made visitors gawk. People, on seeing it, are forgetting to ask some basic questions. They are dumbfounded. The artwork has found its way on a wall but within an easy reach. People, after overcoming an initial jolt, use the magnifying glass with more appreciation and blessings. And when they are told that Sushmit is just one year older than my son, their jaws drop again. Stay blessed. Stay creative.

- G. Banerjee, India

Images and testimonials shown are from separate commissions

At this scale, drawing is governed by limitation. Every mark occupies space that cannot be reclaimed without consequence. The process begins with observation and moves through controlled decisions, each one reducing what can be adjusted next.

No magnification, no machinery. Each portrait is drawn entirely by hand using graphite pencils, within a space of a few millimetres. What is seen must be translated directly at scale, with continuous verification to ensure that assumption does not replace observation.

The craft behind each portrait

______________________Sharpened to a point
finer than a needle

Each face behaves differently under reduction. Achieving likeness is not a matter of adding detail, but of identifying what must remain for the face to stay recognisable. What is unnecessary cannot be carried, and what is essential must be placed with accuracy under constraint.

Correction is not removal. Within areas smaller than a millimetre, the eraser reshapes rather than resets. An adjustment does not stay isolated; it affects the surrounding structure. The margin for error is narrow, and reversibility is never guaranteed.

The process operates as a feedback loop between seeing, evaluating, and adjusting. Every stage requires attention not only to what is drawn, but to how it is being interpreted in real time. What you receive is

the result of sustained control within conditions where precision and judgment are the only margins available.

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