The Microminiature Scultptor

Willard Wigan MBE, born in 1957 in Birmingham, England, is an artist and scultptor whose works can fit on the head of a pin, or in the eye of a needle.
He cannot read or write, as he has suffered lifelong from severe dyslexia. Partly to escape the bullying of schoolmates and his treatment by teachers and others, he began at an early age 'making houses' for ants: because he "thought they needed them', and since the works were so small, he thought no one could criticise them.
He works under a microscope, with tools he has made himself, some of which he can use to split human hairs multiple times. Taking up to eight weeks for each piece, he describes the process as 'torture' since at such tiny scales, the blood pulsing in a finger can destroy weeks of work. To get himself into a physical state where he can work, he uses relaxation techniques similar to Buddhist meditation or personal bio-feedback, and even then can complete only one scultptor's stoke -- or one miniscule bit of paint -- at a time, and always between breaths or heartbeats.
To paint his creations, there is no animal hair or fiber thin or small enough: even the finest sable hair is thicker than some of his creations; so, to paint them, he uses a single hair, plucked from the back of a housefly. However, he is opposed to killing any creatures, so he only uses the hairs from flies he finds already dead.
Much of the material he uses in his scultures he collects from dust particles, hairs, etc. which he finds floating in the air, illuminated by the sunlight shining into his studio.
His works have ordinarily sold for anywhere from 5,000 to 30,000 Pounds Sterling; but recently his collection of unsold works has been purchased for 11 million Pounds by a museum in London, to ensure that these works may be seen by the public, and not disappear entirely to private collectors.
Anecdote: he says he once lost a sculture of Lewis Carrolls' "Alice", when she disappeared while being transferred from one work surface to another, on the tip of his finger. "I think I inhaled her", was Wigan's comment...
Not believeable?: here are microphotos of some of his work: