'A wee bit of fun' Artist's 'Pokémon' quest to model city's pubs in miniature

It's almost like you're a giant looking down on something," says the artist Keith Crawley, describing the tiny tributes he has made to some of Edinburgh's best-loved pubs.

- Chris Osuh

Crawley, 55, has recreated 12 pubs in miniature - including Barony Bar, the Cask & Barrel and the Conan Doyle, with each creation, depending on the complexity, taking up to a month to finish.

It started as a "bit of fun" last summer, when Crawley made a version of his own house, having graduated over time from Lego to model kits. When he turned his hand to the pubs of his home town, replicating buildings in miniature became something of an obsession.

"Pubs for me are local landmarks," Crawley said. "The first one I made was the Auld Hundred and I got sucked in, it's like Pokémon - you feel like you then have to make mini versions of all the pubs."

Crawley uses Google Street View or Google Earth for reference, before visiting to check for features not captured online.