Pencil Tips Sculptures ~ The alphabet, all carved from 26 pencil tips

Dalton Ghetti, who works as a carpenter, creates amazing miniature masterpieces on the tips of pencils. He has been making his tiny graphite sculptures for about 25 years.

Dalton said, “At school I would carve a friend’s name into the wood of a pencil and then give it to them as a present. Later, when I got into sculpture, I would make these huge pieces from things like wood, but decided I wanted to challenge myself by trying to make things as small as possible. I experimented sculpting with different materials, such as chalk, but one day I had an eureka moment and decided to carve into the graphite of a pencil”

Pencil Tips Sculptures

Dalton uses three basic tools to make his incredible creations – a razor blade, sewing needle and sculpting knife. He even refuses to use a magnifying glass and has never sold any of his work, only given it away to friends.

He said: “I use the sewing needle to make holes or dig into the graphite. I scratch and create lines and turn the graphite around slowly in my hand

Pencil Tips Sculptures

Pencil Tips Sculptures

Pencil Tips Sculptures

Pencil Tips Sculptures

Pencil Tips Sculptures

Pencil Tips Sculptures

Pencil Tips Sculptures

Pencil Tips Sculptures

via: telegraph – website: dalton ghetti

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