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Willard Wigan : retenez votre souffle pour découvrir la microsculpture

Filmed Jul 2009 • Posted Aug 2009TEDGlobal 2009
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Willard Wigan raconte comment une enfance difficile et solitaire l'a conduit à découvrir son talent unique -- créer un art si minuscule qu'on ne peut pas le voir à l'oeil nu. Sa présentation de miniatures telles qu'on les voit sous un microscope ne peut être qualifiée que de stupéfiante.

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 French by Elisabeth Buffard
Reviewed by Marine Putman
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