UK Micro-Artist Sets Record with Blood Cell-Sized Lego Sculpture
David Lindon crafted the world’s smallest handmade sculpture, a Lego brick invisible to the naked eye, using custom tools and precise techniques.
- David Lindon, a former UK engineer turned micro-artist, created a red Lego brick measuring just 0.02517mm by 0.02184mm, roughly the size of a human white blood cell.
- The microscopic brick, along with two slightly larger versions, was verified as the smallest handmade sculpture by Guinness World Records using advanced microscopy techniques.
- Lindon relied on custom-made silicon carbide tools, worked exclusively at night to avoid vibrations, and trained himself to work between heartbeats for precision.
- This record-breaking achievement surpassed the previous smallest sculpture record set in 2017 by Lindon’s mentor, Dr. Willard Wigan.
- Lindon’s next project, a microscopic zoo featuring animal sculptures inside needle eyes, is scheduled to debut later this year in Poole, England.
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