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Artwork you can’t see, worth more than $30k!

Yes it’s true, some people actually pay big money for artwork that they can’t see - at least not with the naked eye.

To the casual observer, William Wigan’s artwork appears no more than a speck of dust resting on top of a pinhead. However, simply slipping it under an electric microscope (yes, I spelled that right - not an electron microscope … an electric one) will show you that there is a full-color miniature Elvis Presley sculpture on top of it.

Grab the next pin in his collection and you will have a near perfect rendition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves - complete with the evil witch of a stepmother.

Of course working on such detailed miniscule masterpieces has both rewards (almost $30,000.00 each) and it’s dangers - perhaps he is the only artist in the world to have inhaled one of his full sculptures!

While working on his Alice in Wonderland’s Mad Hatter Tea Party, he committed the mistake of inhaling at the wrong time. Alice was never found again!

Here are more of his work:

William made a boxing match no bigger than a matchstick head:

A little girl resting on a strand of human hair:

How He Does It

So how does he do it?

He meditates to bring down the rate of his breathing and his heartbeat. Using a scalpel, he then carves out matchsticks, sand, sugar, salt, etc. doing quick cuts in time with the lull between heartbeats. Wigan describes the process as akin to piercing a bubble without bursting it.

Cool. I have some spare matchsticks and sugar cubes around … you willing to try?

Sources:
William Wigan’s Official Site
The Daily Mail
Urban Legends