{"id":349178,"date":"2026-03-16T15:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/349178\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:18:09","slug":"renowned-micro-artists-miniature-sculptures-with-a-peaky-blinders-twist-support-dog-rescue-charitys-new-black-country-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/349178\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned micro artist&#8217;s miniature sculptures with a Peaky Blinders twist support dog rescue charity&#8217;s new Black Country hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteers at Monarch&#8217;s Mutts Dog Rescue welcomed renowned micro sculptor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/wolverhampton\/wednesfield\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wednesfield<\/a>-born Dr Willard Wigan MBE to help launch the hub at the Cornbow Shopping Centre, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/dudley\/halesowen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Halesowen<\/a>, with an exhibition of his work which will be in place for at least four weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1da0b6e1-e30b-4627-abf5-f9b641034582.jpg\"   alt=\"Wednesfield born sculptor Willard Wigan visited the Cornbow Centre, Halesowen to help raise funds for, and launch the community hub of: Monarch's Mutts Dog Rescue. &#10;He also showed off his latest sculpture, a Peaky Blinders character on a horse.  &#10;(Front)( Willard with dog: Mitzie, and at the back (L-R) volunteer Brodie Sadler, and founders Lucy and Kate Antill with dog  Tiny Tim.\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Wednesfield-born sculptor Willard Wigan visited Halesowen to help raise funds for, and launch the community hub of, Monarch&#8217;s Mutts Dog Rescue. He also showed off his latest sculpture, a Peaky Blinders character on a horse. Pictured with Willard are Mitzie the dog and, from left: volunteer Brodie Sadler, founders Lucy and Kate Antill with dog Tiny Tim. Photo: Steve Leath<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition, entitled Through the Microscope and In the Eye of a Needle, comprises pieces which are so small they have to viewed via a microscope, including a Peaky Blinders-themed work depicting a character from the hit show on a horse.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/867249a0-f107-479f-a3c2-75598724eba9.jpeg\"   alt=\"The tiny Peaky Blinders figure in the eye of a needle\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>The tiny Peaky Blinders figure in the eye of a needle<\/p>\n<p>Monarch&#8217;s Mutts founders Lucy and Kate Antill brought along some of the dogs who need to be re-homed including Tiny Tim the bulldog, who has been with them since December, and said the new hub would complement their charity shop which is already open in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cornbow.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cornbow Centre.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Volunteers at Monarch&#8217;s Mutts Dog Rescue welcomed renowned micro sculptor Wednesfield-born Dr Willard Wigan MBE to help launch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,8709,93,159011,61,60,8708,43],"class_list":["post-349178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-dudley","tag-entertainment","tag-halesowen","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-local-hubs","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}