Name: Hold your breath for micro-sculpture
Uploaded: 2009-08-03T01:00:00Z
Duration: 19 min 7 s
Description: Willard Wigan tells the story of how a difficult and lonely childhood drove him to discover his unique ability -- to create art so tiny that it can't be seen with the naked eye. His slideshow of figures, as seen through a microscope, can only be described as mind-boggling.

Willard Wigan tells the story of how a difficult and lonely childhood drove him to discover his unique ability -- to create art so tiny that it can't be seen with the naked eye. His slideshow of figures, as seen through a microscope, can only be described as mind-boggling.

Willard Wigan: Hold your breath for micro-sculpture

Hold your breath for micro-sculpture

In a world obsessed with size, Wigan crafts a universe on pinheads, proving significance lies not in scale, but in the art of seeing.

Through micro-sculpture, Wigan bridges the gap between the seen and the unseen, inviting us to find wonder in the minutiae of life.

Wigan's journey from misunderstood child to micro-sculptor underscores the power of perspective and the art inherent in the invisible.