By Elizabeth Hunter

An artist has broken a World Record by creating the smallest ever sculpture - so tiny it can't be seen by the human eye.

David A. Lindon took 34 attempts to create 'The Yellow Smiley Face' - measuring 11.037 by 12.330 microns.

He had previously held the World Record for the smallest handmade sculpture, named The Lego Brick, which measured 0.02517mm by 0.02184mm.

The 56-year-old spent six weeks trying to beat his own record, using crushed diamonds and microscopic fly hairs to create the piece- which he says is roughly the size of bacteria.

David, from Bournemouth, said: "I got into making the sculptures because I saw a TV programme that inspired me.

"I woke up in the middle of the night and thought, 'I can give this a go - I think I can get a microscope and I th

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