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08-02-2010 08:43 AM |
Pencil Tip Sculptures by Dalton Ghetti
Pencil Tip Sculptures by Dalton Ghetti
Many artists have used pencils to create beautiful pieces of work ? but only one creates stunning masterpieces on the tip of one. Microscopic artist Dalton Ghetti spends up to two-and-a half years painstakingly crafting each handmade piece on the graphite of a pencil.
?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. But when I tell people how long it takes, that?s when they don?t believe it. That?s what amazes people more, the patience. Because everything nowadays has to be fast, fast, fast.??
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