With the vastness of the world and the enormity of media to the masses, tv, the internet etc its amazing when you come face to face with something you’ve read/seen.
I was at Birmingham this weekend at a Modelling Expo where a guy came up to our stand to discuss RC Helicopters - i knew I recognised him from somewhere, my hunch was right.
The guy turned out to be Willard Wigan. Who? Willard Wigan! This guy produces the *WORLDS* smallest pieces of art. From the statue of liberty in the eye of a needle to a polar bear on a grain of salt. The guy is truely amazing. His current comission is Noah’s Ark, complete with animals inside a hollowed out human hair! Now that is small!!!! He was telling us how on a number of occasions he’s actually inhaled his pieces of work!
You can read more about Willard on his site at http://www.willard-wigan.com/
January 24th, 2005 at 10:46 am
There’s some film footage of Willard carving on the head of a toothpick, clip is from Pogus Caesar’s amazing 1995 film ‘An Eye on X’…http://www.oomgallery.net