Nice one Harmony
Willard Wigan's microscopic art never ceases to amaze me.
Article from The Sun newspaper:
"AN artist has created the world’s smallest sculpture — with a piece of his own stubble.
Willard Wigan hollowed out a spec of face hair and used a miniscule flake of gold to create the tiny motorbike artwork.
Visible only through a microscope, the chopper — which measures three microns — is smaller than a human blood cell.
The 55-year-old spent up to 16 hours a day over five weeks painstakingly making the tiny artwork from 12 specs of gold.
And he said concentrating on the piece eventually led to him popping a blood vessel in his eye.
He said: “I wanted to go beyond human expectations — but I wanted to personally challenge myself.
“It drove me mad to do it and it has been one of my most challenging projects ever.
“Not even a dust-mite could ride this tiny bike.”
The artist, from Birmingham, hollowed out the piece of stubble using a tiny fragment of diamond as a tool.
He then carved out flakes of gold from a chain to create the piece of art.
And to avoid damaging the piece he had to hold his breath and only work between heartbeats which would have otherwise dislodged his steady hand.
Willard, who was given an MBE back in 2007, has been wowing audiences for 10 years with his tiny pinhead sculptures."