Picture 1: William Wigan from Birmingham, England, carved this Statue of Liberty using surgical blades, holding his breath while he carved. He visited the U.S. in May to see the real thing. The statue is so incredibly small, it fits in the head of a regular sewing needle.


Picture 2: This mosquito is about 1 mm long... imagine how tiny the lady with the umbrella is!

Nikolai Syadristy's miniature artworks are thought to be among the smallest in the world; so small that in order to work on them he has to hold his breath. Some of the Ukrainian artist's works on display in Kiev are less then a millimetre high.

"When I make my miniatures, I try to hold my breath and touch the work with the instrument between the beats of my heart to prevent my hand from trembling," says 64-year-old Syadristy.

Some of his works are on display in the Orthodox Christian Monastery of the Caves in Kiev.