I don't even have the patience to sharpen a pencil any more. With the internet, iPhones, email, texting, tweeting, facebook updates, etc, how often you do really have to pick up a writing tool? I think students and educators may be the only remaining consumers of these otherwise obsolete relics. When I think of the writing-induced hand cramps I get after using a pencil for a couple of hours, it's amazing to think the Brazilian-American carpenter, Dalton Ghetti, spent 25 years carving these remarkable mini graphite works of art using only a sculpting knife, razor blade, and sewing needle.
At first, I thought he put those letters on top of the pencils in the first picture. This is really cool! I love how some people can look at an everyday object, used for some common purpose, and see potential for so much more! Nice post!
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