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
along believe small work
Those that don't believe how small my work is should just come along and see it for themselves.
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.
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.
money
We didn't have money for toys, so I made my own.
bigger honoring name smaller work
I'm just honoring my mother's words. She always told me, 'The smaller your work, the bigger your name will become.'
failure lived
I always say that failure was my friend. I learned nothing at school, so I just lived in my own world.
inside work
There are times when I've inhaled my work. There are artworks still inside of me.
body control movement pulse work
When you work at a microscopic level, you have to control every part of your body movement - your fingertips, your joints, the pulse in your fingers.
camel camels decided easier heard man needle pass sculpt
I heard someone say that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to get into heaven. I decided to sculpt camels in a needle.
school kids skills
When I was a kid, I had trouble at school because of my learning disabilities. Carving is my body compensating for the lack of other skills.
home rope world
At home, when the heating pipes made noises, I imagined a tiny person was in there skipping with a rope. The fantasy world of tiny things became my escape.
mean
Just because you can't see something, doesn't mean it's not there.
thinking people trying
I became obsessed with making more and more tiny things. I think I was trying to find a way of compensating for my embarrassment at having learning difficulties: people had made me feel small so I wanted to show them how significant 'small' could be.
children
There is a child in all of us,