Willy Rojas

I recently went to the LA Art Show premier night at the Downtown Convention Center. It was such a wonderful evening of sipping wine and viewing some wonderful pieces of artwork, ranging from graphic design, prints, paintings, and photography.

One artists that particularly stood out was a guy named Willy Rojas and his miniatures staging. I love how he transforms our simple everyday objects into a community of their own.

Dot. Big Deal - Small World

"Dot" is the the world's smallest stop-motion character shot on a Nokia N8.  Something to be proud of I say



found at notcot and here

Pencil Tips

Christophe sent these amazing photos to me today about an artist who carves miniatures (very mini miniatures) out of pencils and graphite.  His name is Dalton Ghetti and his work is astounding.





“Mr. Ghetti, who owns about as many possessions as a monk, is aware how unusual his craft is. He started carving tree bark when he was a child and experimented with everything from soap to chalk before settling on graphite. It’s second nature now, and for 90 percent of his work, all he needs is a sewing needle, a razor blade and a carpenter’s or No. 2 pencil.

‘The pencil tip is great; it’s like a pure, very homogenous material,’ he said. ‘It cuts in the same direction, not like wood, which has a grain. But when I tell people how long it takes, that’s when they don’t believe it. That’s what amazes people more, the patience. Because everything nowadays has to be fast, fast, fast.’”

from The New York Times





















More on Dalton here