Cut Out + Keep

Pencil Shaving Art

designs made out of pencil shavings

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/pencil-shaving-art • Posted by buttercup303

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 :)

You will need

Project Budget
Reasonably Priced

Time

1 h 00

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

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 :)

Instructions

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

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