Ghetti, who is originally from Brazil, uses his little lead canvases to explore all types of subjects. The image above depicts a part of his 26 pencil letter series – one pencil tip for each letter of ...

The artist’s striking tell-tale raven emerges from the whittled, rectangular base of the flat carpenter’s pencil. Standing tall and erect on the white painted stub, Diem has carved the raven in a ...

Using a razor blade, a sculpting knife, and a sewing needle, Ghetti whittles pencil points into tiny masterpieces. Click through for a dozen more. [Refreshing News via Metafilter] ...

On a canvas as fragile as pencil lead, Dr Venkatesh Gattem, born and brought up in Visakhapatnam and now a resident of Chicago, US, builds entire worlds: gods, symbols, festivals, stories — carved ...