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Lloyd's Building by Willard Wigan [2008-10-22]

I found this story over at Coxsoft news, which was posted a few days ago. A miniature sculpture of the Lloyd's Building by the English micro-sculptor Willard Wigan will be auctioned at the Lloyd's Building in England.

The picture to the left shows the architect of the Lloyds building, Lord Rogers looking through a microscope at the sculpture. The sculptor and the architect are also shown in front of a model of the Lloyd's building.

Wigan's sculpture of the Lloyd's building is made from white gold and platinum. It took the artist 4 months to complete and it sits on top of a pinhead.

The architect of the building said "Designing the actual building itself was an intricate challenge, but to see it recreated in such minuscule proportions and with so much detail is quite unbelievable. I had to look through the microscope several times to check my eyes weren't deceiving me." BBC

I also mentioned Willard Wigan a few weeks ago, with a miniature sculpture of the Statue of Liberty