PENCIL SCULPTURES: MINIATURE MASTERPIECES CARVED INTO GRAPHITE BY DALTON GHETTI

Dalton Ghetti is an amazing artist from Connecticut who carves tiny sculptures into pencil lead. He uses three basic tools to make his incredible creations – a razor blade, sewing needle and sculpting knife. Dalton even refuses to use a magnifying glass and has never sold any of his work, only given it away to friends. The longest Dalton has spent on one piece was two and half years on a pencil with interlinking chains. A standard figure will take several months. He has a box full of more than 100 sculptures that have broken while working on them that he affectionately calls ‘the cemetery collection’.

By Paulo Meixedo