MICROGRAPHY
THROUGH THE AGES..

This example is quite astonishing, it shows a part of the Lord's Prayer that has been engraved by hand on a 2mm pin head by Graham Short, a resident of Birmingham in the UK. This level of micrography requires a great deal of skill and is created with the aid of microscopes and special hand tools. It requires the engraver to control their breathing and at times make use of Beta Blockers to slow their heart rate. I believe it took him 3 months to complete.

Here's another example from last year, in this instance, Graham engraved the prayer on a tiny speck of gold and embedded it inside the eye of a needle:

And next, we have a special piece from the 1600s, it is a fine work of art and you will be able to see how one portion of it has been magnified. The artist has skillfully added an almost invisible layer of text across the entire work as seen under the magnified section. For all intents and purposes, it looks like a watermark but on very close examination, you can see what it rea;lly is.