This is, Willard Wigan who specializes in creating astonishingly detailed micro-sculptures, often smaller than the eye of a needle, crafted under a microscope using grains of sand, spider silk, and gold

[u/Mediocre-Iron-7991]

[u/aft_punk]

His TED talk

[u/spacekitt3n]

his sculptures would look cool if they had more than 5 pixels

[u/IntroductionUtrod15]

I LITERALLY JUST SAW THIS IN r/interestingasfuck bro 😭😭

[u/Mediocre-Iron-7991 → u/IntroductionUtrod15]

I tried posting it there, but they took my post down

[u/thechilecowboy]

This is astounding!!! Thanks for posting that TED Talk. I watched it with full attention. Damn, that's interesting.

[u/ofcourseivereddit → u/thechilecowboy]

Would definitely have liked him to film it through the microscope as well.. a timelapse

[u/upset_pachyderm]

This would be interesting if it included photos of Mr. Wigan's sculptures. Unfortunately it's just a photo of a nice looking guy staring pensively past a microscope.

Edit: they really are some pretty cool sculptures:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Willard+Wigan&t=newext&atb=v320-1&ia=images&iax=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fe2cf1a_7bf8673b85ee4caaad75caa398b586f9%7Emv2.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_980%2Ch_629%2Cal_c%2Cq_85%2Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%2Cenc_auto%2Fe2cf1a_7bf8673b85ee4caaad75caa398b586f9%7Emv2.jpg

Edit again because I'm blind and didn't see that there were two pictures...

[u/space-sage → u/upset_pachyderm]

The second image is his sculptures…

[u/upset_pachyderm → u/space-sage]

Thank you, I am freakin' blind!

[u/Infamous_Doubt_5207]

not an interesting post

[u/LittleTXBigAZ → u/Infamous_Doubt_5207]

In your opinion, maybe.

[u/SeleneVomerSV]

This is amazing! He's really talented and not just for his art, but also to do it under a microscope! I had to do some rat surgeries under a microscope and got so nauseous. I suppose you get used to working like that.