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Willard Wigan: Sustenham a respiração para a micro-escultura

Filmed Jul 2009 • Posted Aug 2009TEDGlobal 2009
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Willard Wigan conta a história de como uma infância difícil e solitária o levou a descobrir o seu talento único: criar arte tão pequena que não pode ser vista a olho nu. A sua apresentação de figuras, vistas ao microscópio, só pode ser descrita como verdadeiramente impressionante.

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 Portuguese by Sérgio Lopes
Reviewed by Geraldo Quintas
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