Pencil carvings

There's a collection of carved pencils at Infofreako. I particularly like how many of the carvings take advantage of the pencils' graphite core.

Ball-joint (variation of "chain"), Mizuta Tasogare, 1997

From p.125 of "Gyakusetsu Ronrigaku"
Conceived by Annno Mitsumasa, carved by Mizuta Tasogare
1991

Sidewards expansion, Mizuta Tasogare, 1997

These works remind me of Tom Friedman's obsessive sculptures. In particular his Untitled (1995) which is one continuous "loop" of pencils:



(And while we're on the subject of pencils, how about Tara Donovan's Colony (2006):


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Also along the lines of the carved pencils are crayon carvings by Pete Goldust. The image below was featured on the cover of the Art Institute of Chicago's catalog circa 2001.