Imagine creating a work of art in the head of a needle by carving a grain of sand and painting it by using a hair from a house fly. Willard Wigan does just that by creating realistic sculptures that need to be viewed through a microscope because they are too small to be seen with the naked eye. Click on the link above and watch the first video clip by the Wall Street Journal to experience his art first hand and then post a comment below to tell me what you find the most interesting about his artwork or his story. Comments that follow the above directions will receive 2 bonus points toward your second term grade.
what is most intresting is that he is dyslexic and dropped out of school yet willford makes at least $35,000 a sculpture!
ReplyDeleteI really like how he can make sculptures so tiny so that they can fit in the eye of a needle or on the top of a nail! that`s crazy how tiny his art is but they all might be worth it a few years from now! maybe everyone in the world will want his art someday!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe he uses a hairbrush as a paintbrush. He must have alot of patience. I loved the Beauty and the Beast sculpture. Wetzel 121
ReplyDeletethat must take a lot of time!I cant imagine ever being able to do that,He had a good reason to drop out of school!
ReplyDeleteIts so amazing that Willard Wigan can make tiny sculptures that can fit on a neeedle or an eye of a sewing needle. Sculpting with a small tool and looking into a microscope that must take a lot of practice!
ReplyDeleteI love the picture of the micro sculpture its amazing how small it is, I would love to know who made it. i wonder what tools the artist used aswell.
ReplyDeleteI think that the wall street journel is very cool and realistic that he can take that feeling thats in his heart and can express him self that way in that matter he makes art seem so interesting and how he can use art that way also with digging deep in mine and his soul.
ReplyDeletewillard wigan makes smalle sculptures and makes many out pure gold that was really interesting and cool he says it is really hard to make a sculpture that small. He is 52 years old , he uses special matirials to make 1 sculpture it takes 3 months just to finish 1 tiny sculpture i llove the statue of liberty sculpture i was born in new york. He really takes his time . I think willard wigen is my fav. artist
ReplyDeletethat the artist quit school to become an artistthey can fit in the middle of a needle and on the top of a nail he also sold his artwork and you can not see his art with a bear eye you need a microscope. Wetzel8
ReplyDeleteWillard Wigan's artwork is so small it can fit into the eye of a needle. his sculptures can be made out of a grain of rice or pure gold. he uses a microscope and a miniature scalpel.
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that seems impossible, using sand and fly hair
ReplyDeletethe sculptures are so small,i wouldcrush them before i even finished making them!!!!its really amazing!!!!
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