Take a closer look at Willard’s tiny Wolves creation
Look closely – it’s the Wolves crest as you’ve never seen it before.
Steady-handed sculptor Willard Wigan MBE has marked the club’s impending promotion to the Premier League by creating a miniature version of their badge that’s the size of a full stop.
Willard, who is originally from Wolverhampton, has made a perfectly proportioned version of the Wolves badge which is only visible with a microscope. It’s so small it fits inside the eye of a needle.
The micro artist spent three weeks creating the nano masterpiece by hand.
Willard said: “I don’t actually enjoy the work because it’s so painstaking. The pleasure is when I finish. It’s made to commemorate Wolves’ promotion, there’s nothing like it in the world. I’m very proud of it, it’s very detailed.
He added: “A friend of mine said I bet you can’t make the Wolves logo - what a thing to say to me.”
Willard, aged 60, says he was able to work from memory alone and without the help of any machinery.
“I suffer from autism which has allows me to do things which people can’t explain,” he said.
“When you have this condition your brain works in a different way.
Willard added: “I looked at the logo and did it from memory. I just went for it.
“To get it into the needle was a pain, I had to measure it in my head.”
And he has a clear idea of where he would like to see his latest work.
He said: “I would like it to go to the Wolves museum. That’s where I want it to live so they have the smallest logo in the world by hand.
“I’ve been doing this since I was 5-years-old and have changed the way people see art. Some of the biggest things are the things you can’t see.”
For his next project, he is working on a personalised work for the Royal wedding.
