Artist sells microscopic sculptures for gargantuan £11m

An artist from Birmingham who makes tiny sculptures which can fit into the eye of a needle has sold his collection for £11.2m to entrepreneur David Lloyd.

Willard Wigan is known for his painstaking care, working between heartbeats to avoid hand tremors.



His work is normally only visible through a microscope and includes micro sculptures of Elvis, the Statue of Liberty and Snow White.

He uses a tiny surgical blade to carve sculptures out of rice and sugar, and paints using an eyelash as a brush.



His 70-piece collection has sold for about £160,000 an item.

Mr Wigan, who has learning difficulties and cannot read or write, says that as a child he used his art to express himself.