Artist With Autism Creates Microscopic Bust of Shakespeare Inside a Human Hair, Pays Tribute to the World’s Greatest Playwright

April 23 marks the birth and death anniversary of William Shakespeare
Artist With Autism Creates Microscopic Bust of Shakespeare Inside a Human Hair, Pays Tribute to the World’s Greatest Playwright
Courtesy of Paul Ward Photography via Willard Wigan and Illustration by The Epoch Times, Courtesy of John Taylor, Public Domain
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The world’s leading micro-sculptor has revealed his latest intriguing work: a minuscule bust of William Shakespeare.

British artist Willard Wigan MBE, who has autism, used a tiny piece of beard stubble as a brush, plus an eyelash sharpened to a fine tip to create his unbelievably delicate sculpture—“The Bard of Arvon: To See or Not to See.”

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