Friday Finds – Dalton Ghetti

I visited Gallery O website today – a gallery that focuses on miniature art and I discovered the work of Dalton Ghetti a Brazilian artist living in Bridgeport Connecticut who carves the tiniest sculptures made entirely from the graphite lead at the tip of a pencil.

If you follow this google image search link, you’ll see loads of images of his work. He never sells any of his pieces and instead chooses to give them away as gifts occasionally to close friends. What a fabulous way to upcycle pencils that are too small to write with – he never buys pencils and says he gets donations from friends and often finds discarded pencils in the street and uses these as well.