Fouad Kebdani held the needle up to the light and there was something no one expected to find inside it: a long table, thirteen figures, and a banquet that changed the history of art.
The Moroccan artist, born and raised in Casablanca, recreated The Last Supper, the masterpiece that Leonardo da Vinci painted in the 15th century on a wall in Milan, Italy, inside the tiny eye of a needle. To create the figures, he used nylon, plastic, and resin.
The original captures the seconds after Jesus announces that one of his disciples will betray him, and each of the twelve apostles reacts differently: with shock, sorrow, or anger. Kebdani managed to make that tension survive on an almost invisible scale.
At first glance, the space seems too small to hold even a single figure. And yet, the miniature features figures with remarkable detail, seated around the famous table, each in their place. It takes extraordinary patience to work this way: a steady hand, millimeter precision, and the creativity to see a canvas where others see only a hole for the thread.
Sometimes great treasures don’t need enormous walls, just someone willing to look closely.