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Affected · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:46 am

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=479145&in_page_id=1770

The article reads in so many places like an april fools' story to me, but the date is wrong for that. What the hell?

Tinusch · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:44 pm

I think he mightve made up the story about inhaling Alice. And there might be a few exaggerations about size, too.

Max · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:25 am

Hmm. Yeah, actually that isn't so incredibly small.
Anyway, interesting stuff. Altough I am sure theres much more potential to micro art.

B0b · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:02 am

http://www.willard-wigan.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/blast/2004/jonathan/willard_wigan/gallery/1.shtml

[Shizo] · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 3938

The question remains. How the f&*k are they created?

gLitterbug · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:47 am

Affected · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:53 am

max:

That looks kind of small enough to me, especially if what the daily mail article says about him sculpting them freehand, only working between heartbeats is true. I mean, supposedly he uses hair from a dead fly for painting.

Max · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:57 am

Well, yeah,...it is small.
However people have created even smaller stuff. It wasn't figures or art but cogs for nano machinery bots or whatever. Maybe that's easier I don't know. Yet you could "see" the atoms it was build with.

I don't want to say that this guys stuff isn't impressive,...it definately is!!

Sumaleth · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:47 am

Impressive.
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spyroteknik · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:04 am

rip haha (ok, not really accusing him, but he's heavily inspired by what's gone before him)

He's not doing anything new, he's superbly talented but he's following on a tradition of quite a few microminiature sculptors out there, fascinates me that there's someone still doing it today though, the last great star was Hagop Sandaldjian - http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/hagop/hagop2.html - and before that, the egyptian flea guy (can't remember his name offhand), there's a salt carver out there too, full carvings on one grain of salt, superb stuff, and it's great to see this kind of thing getting the recognition it deserves

Jimmyjimjim · member Member # Joined: 12 Dec 2002 Posts: 459

With skilled hands like that, the guy should be a surgeon out saving lives.

Nag · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:14 pm

Yes, but he's illiterate and can't read the "Biblicus Surgeonius" so he might connect the leg bone to the head bone.

Exclamation · Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:22 am

Max · Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:47 am

By hand? Ups, I missed that, my fault,...yeah, now I am really impressed,...

iandredd · member Member # Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Posts: 178

He takes patience to the level of an Olympic sport.

I would be terrified to go near one of the things!

Exclamation · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:58 am

Yeah, if I remember correctly he (somehow) only moves his hand "between heartbeats"... since the slightest pulse would pretty much ruin the entire figure. He must do some meditative thing to slow his pulse down!
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