Willard Wigan
Willard Wigan
Willard Wigan, MBEis an English sculptor from Ashmore Park Estate, Wednesfield, England, who makes microscopic art. His sculptures are typically placed in the eye of a needle or on the head of a pin. A single sculpture can be as small as 0.005 mm...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSculptor
black president firsts
When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest tribute in history.
moving half watches
I work between my heartbeat. I have one-and-a-half seconds to actually move. And at the same time I have to watch I don’t inhale my own work.
people firsts first-time
People often swear the first time they see my work. I like that,
school world just-live
I learned nothing at school, so I just lived in my own world.
names bigger
The smaller your work, the bigger your name will become.
world obsession
The microscopic world became my obsession.
people best-of-me
My work knocks people out; you've not seen the best of me yet.
teacher brain size
My teacher said my brain was the size of a pea. He made my life miserable by singling me out in the classroom as a failure.
hair mad professors
I'm like a mad professor, but without the spiky hair.
fun flying helicopters
Flying helicopters is what I do for fun.
pain growing-up school
At school I'd want to be so small that nobody could see me, and so my work depicts and reflects me - what it felt like to grow up in a world of pain.
believe kids world
As a kid, I lived in a fantasy world. I used to believe ants could talk. Not once did they say thank you.
people bigs
I was told I would become nothing. Now I am showing people how big nothing is.
believe men people
People find it very, very difficult to believe what I've done. Scientists have seen my work and they can't explain it. Even nano-scientists have seen it and been totally shocked. But if any man on Earth wants to challenge me, I'm ready. Bring it on.