The world’s smallest and most wondrous works of art

Snow White and the 7 dwarfs in the eye of a needle

• Willard Wigan

“The best things come in small packages - they really do - and local artist Willard Wigan is the only person in the world who can put Snow White and her Seven Dwafs into the eye of a needle..” Jonathan Jacob

British artist Willard Wigan is a “micro-miniaturist”, an artist known for creating some of the world’s smallest sculptures, often taking months to complete one, working between heartbeats to avoid hand tremors. Wigan uses a tiny surgical blade to carve his microscopic figures out of grains of rice, sand and sugar, spending months meticulously carving his materials into micro figures like the ones displayed above, which are then mounted on a head of a pin, the tip of an eyelash, the eye of a needle or even a grain of sand and are at least three times smaller than this full stop. His sculptures have included a Santa Claus and a copy of the Football World Cup trophy, both about 0.005mm (0.0002in) tall, and a boxing ring with Muhammad Ali figure which fits onto the head of a match. To watch another video about Willard and his art go here: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3298352

Take a look at [20] more of Willard’s amazing micro-sculptures after the jump. Enjoy.

Viewing the sculptures through Microscope

The statue of Liberty in the eye of a needle

Elvis Presley on a pinhead

Adam and Eve carved from a pencil lead

Titanic on the tip of a pin

Girl with balloon is standing on an eyelash glued to the top of a needle

Six wives of Henry VIII - the royal court in the eye of needle

Gold ship on top of pin head

Man vs Ant

Peter Pan and Tinkerbell etc, on fishhook

The Thinker on a pinhead

Tiger in the eye of a needle

Gold world cup on pinhead

Cat on a hair

Barn Owl in the eye of a needle

Zeus on pinhead

String Quartet in the eye of a needle

Gold Chinese Dragon on a crystal

Santa in the eye of a needle

Scales of Justice on head of pinhead

Cassius Clay Vs Sonny Liston - fits on head of match stick

[Willard Wigan site, via boingboing]