Pencil Shaving Art

designs made out of pencil shavings

Posted by buttercup303

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I had a hobby of collecting pencil shavings.. I had collected a shoe-box full of them and I had no idea what to do with them. Then I bought some sheets of black paper and was struck by the stark contrast the wooden shavings made against black.

I made these long back and framed them.. they're 7 years old :)

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You Will Need (3 things)

  • Paper of any kind and colour
  • lots and lots of Pencil shavings
  • Glue

Steps (3 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    Draw the design of your choice on the sheet of paper.

  2. 2

    Stick the shavings along the drawing with very little glue.

    You may need to cut the shavings as the design requires for eg i had to cut out leaf shaped shaving for this design

  3. 3

    Let it dry. Frame it. Wooden frames go very well with these.