Six wives of Henry VIIIHave you ever hear of Willard Wigan? "Willard whose work has been described by many as ‘the eighth wonder of the world’ received his MBE for services to art from HRH the Prince of Wales in July 2007." And you'll soon find out why.
"Thereafter, Willard was commisioned by Lloyds of London to replicate the iconic Lloyd’s of London Building as designed by the award winning architect, Lord Richard Rogers. The difference however being that Willard's masterpiece was on a pinhead, which was then sold by Eric Knowles (Bonham’s Fine Art) for £94,000."
"Willard Wigan is the creator of the smallest sculptures in the world. Wigan uses a tiny surgical blade to carve his microscopic figures out of rice, and fragments of grains of sand and sugar, which are then mounted on pinheads. Wigan, who has learning disabilities and is unable to read or write, describes his sculptures as a way to express himself. ABC news have just done an online video of him here. His tools include a microscope, dust and hairs to create his sculptures. His sculptures often take months to complete, he mentions that he has to work between heartbeats to avoid hand tremors."
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