Gallery Online | Microsculpture Willard Wigan. Microsculptor’s Incredible Hulk Fits in Eye of Needle | Underwire. Using a hair plucked from a dead housefly as his paintbrush, self-taught sculptor Willard Wigan brings an extremely sharp eye to his life’s work: creating miniature masterpieces that fit inside a needle’s eye or sit atop the head of a pin. The British artist reduces pop culture characters like the Incredible Hulk and The Simpsons to tiny figures that fetch big prices: Microsculptures go for up to $140,000 a pop, according to Wigan’s current catalog. Collectors, including Prince Charles, Elton John, Mike Tyson and British tycoon David Lloyd, receive a microscope along with each nanoscale object so they can actually see the artwork they’ve purchased.
“I’m like a mad professor, but without the spiky hair,” laughs Wigan, 52, who spends about six weeks on each piece. “I get down to 6, 7 microns, which is one-third the size of a period you’d see in a newspaper.” How does he do it? Buzz Aldrin's moonwalk, as re-created by Willard Wigan in the eye of a needle. Anatomy of a Microsculpture See also: Gallery. On the set's photosets on Flickr. Egg Shell Carving. With the hands of a surgeon and the patience of a saint, this man creates intricate carvings on one of the most delicate canvases Mother Nature has to offer.
Miniature Art on the Tip of Pencil by Dalton Ghetti. Many artists have used pencils to create works of art – but Dalton Ghetti creates miniature masterpieces on the tips of pencils. Dalton, who works as a carpenter, has been making his tiny graphite works for about 25 years. A sculpture of Elvis Presley wearing shades, carved from a single pencil. The 49-year-old said: “At school I would carve a friend’s name into the wood of a pencil and then give it to them as a present.
Later, when I got into sculpture, I would make these huge pieces from things like wood, but decided I wanted to challenge myself by trying to make things as small as possible. I experimented sculpting with different materials, such as chalk, but one day I had an eureka moment and decided to carve into the graphite of a pencil” A tiny saw, using both the wood and graphite of a single pencil Dalton uses three basic tools to make his incredible creations – a razor blade, sewing needle and sculpting knife.
“I don’t make any money from it but that’s not what it’s about for me.