How this Guy Makes the World’s Smallest Handmade Sculptures | Obsessed | WIRED

Imagine making a sculpture so tiny, your eyelash is the paintbrush. Dr. Willard Wigan MBE, does just that. He makes the world's smallest handmade sculptures and the results truly incredible. A tiny replica of the Mona Lisa, smaller than the top of a matchstick? Check. A realistic replica of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury standing on the head of a pin? Yes. What else? The rest has to be seen to be believed.


Director: Charlie Jordan
Director of Photography: Jonathan Young
Editor: Parker Dixon
Talent: Willard Wigan, MBE

Producers: Anna O'Donohue, Wendi Jonassen
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Melissa Cho
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila

Sound Recordist: Matt Jones
Cam Op/Gaffer: Christopher Chadderton
Production Assistants: Mihail Caracas, Daniel Stasiw

Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell

Special Thanks: John Bowden, Shoot Factory


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[philip]

This was just incredible. Not just the staggering patience of him as an artist, but his whole point of view. His mention of the bee and how there is so much life in the tiniest of things.

[MDV_Ghost]

His art is breathtaking. The skill this man has is insane, but looking that good at 65 is even more impressive

[-Reagan]

The baby inside the hair shaft blew my mind 🤯😨

[jopo]

This guy is so amazing, it's the least I could do to carve out a tiny bit of time to watch this.

[a_khabyb]

this person should be cast in Ant-Man Quantumania immediately

[chrys]

Fun fact, a human egg cell is about 100 microns in diameter, so that baby sculpture could actually fit inside one.

[khalilahd.]

I can’t even imagine the amount of patience and talent it takes to do something like this repeatedly!! He’s absolutely incredible i don’t know how this is the first time I’ve learned about him. He’s incredible 👏🏽👏🏽

[discerningx]

As a sculptor, I am blown away. It is hard enough to sculpt at normal scale. To maintain proportion at that scale...just wow.

[WilkinsonX]

This guy is undoubtedly the best in the world at what he does; not a lot of people can say that. I doubt he’ll ever have an equal too.

[diatom]

“I didn’t get bitter; I got better.” -so powerful and inspirational!

[finalfantasy]

the inhaling alice story made me laugh out loud on the train 😂

[JG-gjop]

I've seen these artworks before, and always assumed that they were made using a micromanipulator, a machine that scientists use to manipulate very small things like cells. I can't even imagine how far above average his fine motor control must be. Even a steady hand looks shaky under a microscope.

[stinkynoodle]

HOW TF AM I JUST HEARING ABOUT HIM NOW?? THIS GUY'S ARTWORK IS INSANELY COOL

[perropequeno]

I just wrote an essay about this guy in school today! This guy is amazing!

[maggiepie]

I'm incredibly fascinated by this, how does someone get into making microscopic sculptures? I'm blown away.

[robm]

He could bring his whole portfolio in a matchbox 👌👌also proberly the only person that could put a haystack in a needle 😉

[okallup]

It’s so amazing to see this man, at 65 years of age, receiving his flowers for his amazing talents. He’s a tremendous artist, I hope he keeps creating for many years to come.

[witch_hat]

This is insane, there is no other word to describe it.

[PeterHarket]

Hahah, this is amazing! Laughed so hard when he said he inhaled Alice

[MRLONG]

How does one even discover they have this talent?