Monday, May 2, 2011

Micro Art: Art so small you cannot see it.


"David"
More akin to the awkwardness of the "emperors new clothes" than the grandeur of Michelangelo, 
Will & Kate
Willard Wigan creates microscopic sculptures.  The artworks are so small that they fit inside the eye of a regular sewing needle.  Literally, you have to use a microscope to view his creations.  Mr. Wigan attributes his passion for miniature sculpture to childhood bullying.  As an escape from the torrent of teasing, he started constructing houses for ants.  His fascination with microscopic sculpture grew, but his art object did not.  A single ant house, made at the age of 5, could be a grand gallery for his sculptures. Mr. Wigan's latest creation is a commemorative sculpture of Will and Kate.  The sculptures are carefully painted using a single strand of hair from a fly.  The artist's website assures the world that the fly was not killed during the hair-extraction process.  



The Obama family.
Mr. Wigan showing off one
of his sculptures.

2 comments:

  1. Wtf? This is truly strange and bizarre. Don't know whether to believe this or not. Sculpture at the molecular level....mmmmm.

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  2. I can't wait to include the David in the Renaissance Art lecture next year.

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