Pencil Art. What to do with that desk drawer full of old pencils!
 

Many artists have used pencils to create works of art – but Dalton Ghetti creates miniature masterpieces on the tips of pencils

http://oddstuffmagazine.com/extraord...on-ghetti.html

The alphabet is cool, but the chain carved out of the lead, joining the two pencil halves together is amazing.

Wow. speechless

Wonderful.

The carpenters pencil carved into a saw - very nice.

wow, I want to be an artist and make the alphabet out of lead tips.:neutral:

No really, I do!

or at least have the energy to dream of such a thing. Look at that saw. It's so awesome.

Wow! The items on the website are AMAZING! I would probably go nuts with my hands being black from all the graphite, but seeing some of those, it might be worth it. I especially liked the ones with chain links in them.

Have you seen Willard Wigan's work?

He creates mini sculptures on pinheads and in the eyes of needles. Read about him an see more of his pieces here:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/microscopic.asp

http://www.artinthepicture.com/blog/...t3_468x351.jpg

http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/wp-c...iberty_sfw.jpg

http://www.thedesignblog.org/images/classius_clay.jpg

That is absolutely incredible. He is truly an :artist:

Rhianne, I think Wigan's work was an IOTD once upon a timne.

I love both (the OT and Willard Wigan). But when I looked at the pencils I did originally see wine bottles... I used to love it when my Dad sharpened my pencils (with a knife). My school friends mostly had Dad's who worked in offices, so my "hand-carved" pencils had great cachet.

You've never seen prison nunchukus before?