Known as the 'Hands of a Genius', most of Graham Short's pieces take about three months to complete - with his smallest lettering measuring just six microns (six thousandths of a millimetre)
His work has led him to celebrity clients including Ronnie Barker, Stephen Fry, Uri Geller and evenAfter leaving school at 15, Short started his working life at a printworks in Bordesley Green in Birmingham, where his roles initially included making the tea and the unenviable task of emptying mousetraps.
His first micro artwork, a pin featuring the Lord's Prayer, went on display about 15 years ago; since then, his tiny creations have made him a star in his field. But it all requires a huge amount of dedication and patience. A five-hour working window at night allows time for just seven or eight cuts for the smallest lettering."I have to wait for the right moment," he says."That'll give me a capital E and the letter F completed. It really is slow, but if I go up slightly in size, I can go quicker."
Short moves on to discussing the botox, saying he has been having the treatment regularly for more than 10 years. He laughs as he shares his latest experience. "I was on TV being interviewed and a friend, a surgeon, was looking at me," he says."He could see I was blinking quicker than I should and he said, 'that's no good for your work'."He also takes potassium, magnesium and beta blockers."I confess I eat them like sweets, but I wear a stethoscope when I'm working, listening to my heart. Within just half an hour of the tablets, my heart rate drops quickly to around 20 beats a minute.
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