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<p>An artist’s eye always sees things, as humble as a pencil, in a much different way than the others. While pencil is a mere writing and drawing instrument for most of us, artists such as Dalton Ghetti use them to create wonderful pieces of complex art for the rest of us to admire. Another artist, specializing in miniature artworks, is a Budapest-based artist and sculptor known by the name of Cerkahegyzo.</p>
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<p>The sculptor, whose tools are nothing more than <a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/cerkahegyzo-pencil-sculptures">small carving tools</a>, fine blades, needles, sandpaper and files, uses the wood and lead of a pencil as the base and body of the sculptures. Paying homage to Ghetti, the artist has also replicated his sculpture of heart, screw and linked chains. Other than this, the artist has also managed to pull off some impossible-looking <a href="http://www.ecochunk.com/3234/2012/10/19/when-pencils-dont-draw-but-become-art-themselves/">pencil art</a> sculptures.</p>
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<p>source: ecochunk.com</p>
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