Imagine making a sculpture so tiny, your eyelash is the paintbrush. Dr. Willard Wigan MBE, does just that. He makes the world’s smallest handmade sculptures and the results truly incredible. A tiny replica of the Mona Lisa, smaller than the top of a matchstick? Check. A realistic replica of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury standing on the head of a pin? Yes. What else? The rest has to be seen to be believed.
Additional Photography by Paul Ward – https://paulward.net/
Director: Charlie Jordan
Director of Photography: Jonathan Young
Editor: Parker Dixon
Talent: Willard Wigan, MBE
Producers: Anna O’Donohue, Wendi Jonassen
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Melissa Cho
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Sound Recordist: Matt Jones
Cam Op/Gaffer: Christopher Chadderton
Production Assistants: Mihail Caracas, Daniel Stasiw
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Special Thanks: John Bowden, Shoot Factory
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I would like WW to make a camel in the eye of a needle. He would’ve proved Jesus right.
Don’t know if less harder than a neurosurgeon but DEFINITELY less stressing
This is rad rep
Bro gotta be tripping with them eyes like that……..
Met him at Woollaton Hall in Nottingham. He’s a lovely guy and unbelievably talented.
he should do a camel
“Never had something so small that was so special”… wish my wife would say that
This dude is great
Every single thing about this guy is a legend: Autistic, struggled as a kid and made it through, never gives up, has a phenomenal Brummie accent (I think!) and loves and respects the great country and constitutional monarchy that we have. What a legend. 🧡
There is millions souls just like this floating around us ,we are unaware of that. How crazy isn’t
We are like one soul in human being
It’s 2025 and I’m still amazed that he could make something so tiny with his bare hands.
His body is truly a wonderland -now. Seriously this was so fascinating and all the best to him!
I have always been fascinated by miniatures. I think its because I’ve always been so tall. But this is next level. Absolutely amazing.
Anyone else think of the Chumbawamba song tub thumper as he was speaking about getting knocked down but getting up again. I love the brits.
Alice down the nostril hole
How do you physically feel your heartbeat? Thats so cool, imagine the breathing control he has
His pupils are huge. I wonder if that’s a byproduct of looking through a microscope for so long. I came into the comments to see if anyone had an answer for that. Pretty surprised I didn’t see it mentioned
Now this is something that could be improved upon with those surgery instruments that miniature eyes hand motions.
6:10 what a weird tattoo blurry hairline thing
Dude looks amazing for 65. Christ. If we could all age so well.