article_snippet: An artist has created the world's smallest sculpture only for the world's smallest sculpture to be accidentally crushed by a finger while being photographed.
article_snippet: Jonty Hurwitz creations are so tiny Jonty Hurwitz's creations can rest on a human hair and are the same size of an ant's head.
article_snippet: the world's smallest sculpture (seen in the eye of a needle, above) was accidentally destroyed by a photographer hired to help The world's smallest sculpture (seen in the eye of a needle, above) creator capture The world's smallest sculpture (seen in the eye of a needle, above) in pictures .
article_snippet: and I was like "man you have just destroyed the smallest art pieces" ever made -
article_snippet: Mr Hurwitz's sculptures are less than 1mm tall and are produced via a process called nano-painting.
article_snippet: Mr Hurwitz's sculptures are too small to be seen with the naked eye so must be viewed and photographed under a microscope.
article_snippet: Jonty Hurwitz has produced a number of nano sculptures using the same technology though the naked woman above is believed to have been the smallest .
article_snippet: The sculptures are believed to be the smallest representation of the human form ever created by man.
highlights_snippet: Jonty Hurwitz produced the tiny sculpture which was less than 1mm tall .
  
highlights_snippet: Jonty Hurwitz's sculptures are believed to be the smallest in the world .