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The age-old debate about how Santa Claus fits down the chimney would be fairly brief if he were only a third the size of a full stop.
But that is roughly the size of the Father Christmas created by Birmingham artist Willard Wigan.
He sculpted the figure out of carbon fibre, gold and nylon, painting it with an eyelash cut into a sixth of its normal width using shards of diamond.
Mr Wigan, 48, mounts his sculptures in the eye of a needle or on pinheads.
He began creating the tiny sculptures, which are about 0.0002in (0.005mm) tall, when he was a child - making his first when he was about five.
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As he grew up they became good enough to exhibit and sell, and his works can now go for as much as £20,000 and take about two or three months to complete.
He has produced about 180 of the tiny sculptures so far, with others including a football World Cup trophy at the time of the 2002 tournament.
Snow White and the seven dwarves appeared inside the eye of one needle, Elvis Presley was mounted on a pinhead and a boxing ring featuring Muhammad Ali in action was smaller than the head of a match.
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He just sold his life's work / collection for $20 million!
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But that is roughly the size of the Father Christmas created by Birmingham artist Willard Wigan.
He sculpted the figure out of carbon fibre, gold and nylon, painting it with an eyelash cut into a sixth of its normal width using shards of diamond.
Mr Wigan, 48, mounts his sculptures in the eye of a needle or on pinheads.
He began creating the tiny sculptures, which are about 0.0002in (0.005mm) tall, when he was a child - making his first when he was about five.
Houses for ants
As he grew up they became good enough to exhibit and sell, and his works can now go for as much as £20,000 and take about two or three months to complete.
He has produced about 180 of the tiny sculptures so far, with others including a football World Cup trophy at the time of the 2002 tournament.
Snow White and the seven dwarves appeared inside the eye of one needle, Elvis Presley was mounted on a pinhead and a boxing ring featuring Muhammad Ali in action was smaller than the head of a match.
More story in the link.
His site
He just sold his life's work / collection for $20 million!
LINK
