"Miss Muffet" by Willard Wigan - How impressive is the spiderweb? This was by far my favorite sculpture by Wigan at the exhibit I saw this summer. (Photo from www.environmentalgrafitti.com)
November 10, 2009
"I Spy with My Little Eye"... Something Incredible by Willard Wigan!
Just a little (no pun intended) something to blow your mind today... I had a chance to see an exhibit by Willard Wigan this summer in London and was amazed by his incredible “microsculptures.”Originally from the UK, Wigan has made a career out of sculpting tiny people, animals, buildings, etc in the eyes of needles and on the heads of pins. To do this, he has perfected a type of meditating that slows his heart rate so that he can work through his pulses. He uses the hair from a fly to paint his sculptures and has carved things like dust to make some of his creations taking months to complete each one. At times has even inhaled the whole thing! My sister and I had to use microscopes to view the sculptures that are barely visible to the human eye, but amazingly he has no problem with his sight. I have never stopped being impressed by Wigan and I hope you enjoy taking a closer look at some of his work. If you get a chance, check out his new book "I Spy with My Little Eye," released October 1.
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These are so crazy! I bet his parents thought he was insane when he told them what he was working on.
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