June 30, 2016 at 12:19 pm

Cindy Chinn Carves Family of Elephants Into a Pencil

Cindy Chinn Carves Family of Elephants Into a Pencil

“Elephant Walk” features a family of three elephants strolling through trees and grass

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March 31, 2016 at 4:56 pm

Just the Entire Alphabet Carved Into Mechanical Pencil Lead (17 Photos)

Just the Entire Alphabet Carved Into Mechanical Pencil Lead (17 Photos)

Wait. What?!

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February 18, 2016 at 12:12 pm

Cindy Chinn Carves Miniature Trains Out of Carpenter Pencils

Cindy Chinn Carves Miniature Trains Out of Carpenter Pencils

with a steady hand and very sharp knife, Cindy Chinn turns everyday carpenter pencils into works of art

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November 24, 2015 at 10:16 am

Miniature Sculptures Carved Onto the Tips of Pencils (21 Photos)

Miniature Sculptures Carved Onto the Tips of Pencils (21 Photos)

You won’t believe what Salavat Fidai is able to carve onto the tips of pencils.

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June 20, 2015 at 4:15 pm

These Artists Challenged Each Other to a Daily ‘Animal Alphabet’ Drawing Duel

These Artists Challenged Each Other to a Daily 'Animal Alphabet' Drawing Duel

Kyson Dana and Jeffrey Smith challenge each other do a daily sketchbook duel. An animal a day for every letter in the alphabet.

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March 16, 2015 at 6:39 pm

Tim Jeffs Draws Incredibly Detailed Lizards Using Pencil Crayons

Tim Jeffs Draws Incredibly Detailed Lizards Using Pencil Crayons

When it comes to art, Tim Jeffs loves three things: drawing, intricate detail and animals. The illustrator (featured previously) uses ink, pencil crayons and paint to bring his animal artworks to life. In a recent post on reddit, the artist shared his latest drawings of a chameleon and iguana. When a another member asked…

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January 5, 2015 at 12:37 pm

These Artworks Come to Life When You Place a Mirror On It

These Artworks Come to Life When You Place a Mirror On It

István Orosz is a Hungarian artist best known for his fantastic anamorphic art. The distorted pieces come to life when a cylindrical mirror is placed atop the artwork; seemingly abstract imagery transforms into detailed and realistic figures and faces. Orosz graduated from the University of Arts and Design in Budapest in 1975. After graduation…

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December 24, 2014 at 1:47 pm

Artist Carves Amazing Sculptures out of the Blades of Knives

Artist Carves Amazing Sculptures out of the Blades of Knives

Contemporary by Angela Li recently presented Li Hongbo’s solo exhibition – Shadow of Knives, a brand new series of metal sculpture and installation works by the Beijing-based artist. The initial concept of this metal series came to Li back in 2007, the same time as he developed his extremely successful expandable paper sculptures series,…

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August 5, 2014 at 3:22 pm

Incredible Artworks Carved into Naturally Fallen Leaves

Incredible Artworks Carved into Naturally Fallen Leaves

Using a craft knife and needle, artist Omid Asadi carves delicate and intricate artworks into naturally fallen leaves. On his website, the Manchester-based artist explains: “Art for me is the way of looking differently to this world and around myself. I started to think why nobody paid attention to these beautiful leaves and trod…

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June 5, 2014 at 2:44 pm

Acid-Etched Metal Art from the Renaissance

Acid-Etched Metal Art from the Renaissance

Information below from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London Etching, derived from an ancient Germanic word for ‘eat’, uses corrosive acids to bite designs into hard surfaces like metal. The background can either be eaten away so the design stands out in relief, or the design itself can be bitten into the surface. The…

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