Tyson Fury micro-sculpture on display in Birmingham

It's so small that it's being displayed on the head of a nail

Author: Ellis MaddisonPublished 14th Oct 2021

A micro-sculpture of Tyson Fury is on display in Birmingham, and it's so small that it fits on the head of a nail.

The artwork, called 'Hard As Nails', is the latest creation from Willard Wigan, who's famous for making tiny sculptures.

It was made with Willard's usual tool for sculpting: a piece of diamond attached to a hypodermic needle normally used for microsurgery.

He then used the tool to make the artwork out of a nylon cable tie, before he painted it using one of his own eyelashes.

The 64-year-old said he was inspired by Tyson Fury after he beat Deontay Wilder to retain the WBC Heavyweight Title on Saturday 9 October.

Mr Wigan even described Fury as "the modern-day Muhammad Ali" and "one of the greatest boxers ever".

He told the press association: "His belief system inspires everybody.

"Myself, when I'm doing my work, I'm getting greater and greater and greater, you know, that's why I'm the greatest micro artist in the world.

"And I've paid a tribute to the greatest heavyweight, one of the greatest heavyweights of all time."

Wigan's sculptures can sometimes be as small as 0.005mm, while some of his works are even placed within the eye of a needle.

The artwork is on display at an exhibition of Mr Wigan's work at the Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery, called Willard's World Of Wonder.

He hopes Fury himself might visit the gallery to see for himself: "I'd be the happiest man in the world if Tyson Fury came to see it, came to the exhibition," he said.

"I think I'd grow wings and fly around the room."

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