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Willard Wigan: Contener la respiración ante las microesculturas

Filmed Jul 2009 • Posted Aug 2009TEDGlobal 2009
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Willard Wigan cuenta la historia de cómo una infancia difícil y solitaria lo llevó a descubrir su habilidad única: crear arte tan diminuto que no se puede ver a simple vista. La presentación de sus figuras, vistas bajo el microscopio, resulta alucinante.

Willard Wigan sculpts figures small enough to fit on the head of a pin. To create these microscopic masterpieces, he works diligently through the stillest hours of the night, between his own heartbeats. Full bio »

Translated into Spanish by Sebastian Betti
Reviewed by carmen weitzel
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