Thread: Pencil Tip Carvings

Dalton Ghetti has been carving teeny, tiny pencil tip sculptures for 25 years.

The New York Times reports,

"Mr. Ghetti, who owns about as many possessions as a monk, is aware how unusual his craft is. He started carving tree bark when he was a child and experimented with everything from soap to chalk before settling on graphite. It’s second nature now, and for 90 percent of his work, all he needs is a sewing needle, a razor blade and a carpenter’s or No. 2 pencil.

'The pencil tip is great; it’s like a pure, very homogenous material,' he said. 'It cuts in the same direction, not like wood, which has a grain.

Some pictures of his work -





























More about the artist - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/ny...1ctpeople.html

saw these one stumble i think a while back. so crazy!

Kudos to him. I think I'd become insane trying to sculpt things out of graphite xD

holy crap.. thats nuts.

Wow. Crazy stuff. Thanks for sharing!

Lol nice man. The things that ppl think of for the sake of art.

Originally Posted by Suprageex

Kudos to him. I think I'd become insane trying to sculpt things out of graphite xD

I also think so.

I wonder how much they sell for. Super cool piece to own

A very steady hand, and a very good eye for detail!

wow...