Ship on Grain of Sugar, mounted on Pinhead
(Click on thumbnail to enlarge.)(lol)
Willard Wigan is a microsculptor whose work is normally only about 0.005mm tall.
He discovered his talent at the early age of 5, and nowadays he often takes months to complete one of his sculptures, working between heartbeats to avoid hand tremors.
His own personal favourite is this one:
Snow White and the 7 Dwarves
And yes, that is the eye of a needle.
Willard says of this piece: “It’s also quite a fun work of art, only 3 times bigger than a blood cell.”
Statue of Liberty
Very Private View
Elephant on a Pinhead
Link to Willard Wigan’s website.
Director and producer Pogus Caesar has made a short film, An Eye on X, about Willard sculpting two tiny statues of Malcolm X, who visited the sculptor’s home town in 1965. Link, including short RealPlayer clip of Willard Wigan at work.
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Great film of a truly gifted individual, amazing..I believe this is the second film Pogus Caesar made about Willard’s work- I think the first came out on TV in 1990.
It’s as if he has walked off into a different dimension, and we who are left can only stare after him through a keyhole ….
Amazing is the word.