A friend of mine introduced me to this artist on Sunday. He carves standard pencils using a razor blade, sewing needle, and sculpting knife (notice I didn't include a magnifying glass in that list).
"I don’t make money from it but I would love a gallery owner in England to fly me over and put on a show."
It takes Ghetti anywhere from a few months to a few years to complete each project, depending on the complexity.
The carving below of the 2 pencils connected by a chain is the most impressive to me, but the detail of all of them are astounding.
Did you think to yourself "what happens to the broken pencils"? I did. If a pencil breaks when he's near finished, it becomes an addition to his "Graveyard" piece:
