Thursday, February 17, 2011

Pencil tip art

Dalton Ghetti of  Bridgeport, CT, has been carving sculptures into pencil lead, without the aid of a magnifying glass, for 25 years. Here is one of his most interesting pieces.


Thanks to Garth in Colorado Springs
 and Rich in Spokane  for the "tip."
See more of his work here.
What do you think? Comment here.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Incredible - enough said!!!

Anonymous said...

Wow! Amazing eyesight and what talent, I have tried carving and it takes a certain kind of knack (which I don't have) but to do it that small and look incredible, my lid (hehe) off to you!

Anonymous said...

OMG, that's amazing! I know someone who does woodcarving and gets those big pencils to carve Santas & face into them. But the lead? That's got to be difficult given it's size and how soft it can be. What kind of tools do you need for this?

Anonymous said...

Amazing! How can this be done??

Anonymous said...

Incredible! I cannot begin to fathom how you can do that, and with no magnifying glass!

Anonymous said...

Incredible...

Anonymous said...

Amazing! To create such incredible sculpture is impressive enough...to do it on such a small scale is just beyond belief! This guy must have some incredible patience!

Anonymous said...

Wow!! The newer generation pencils are made from graphite...a very soft material. Even with a sharp exacto knife, such detail would be next to impossible for most people! There has to be some laser system being used here? Either way....the guy who can do this is a talented person indeed!!