Pencils Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before, With a Use You Wouldn’t Expect

"Dragonfruit," a vase made of pencils. (Courtesy of Tuomas Markunpoika)

Tuomas Markunpoika created a collection titled “Amalgamated” to use pencils in a different way. 

His website explains: “Pencils are utilized when giving form to our thoughts, illustrating our wishes and ideas. They are inseparably fused with craft and arts, representing diverse relationships between artist and their creations. Pencils are extensions of our minds which enable us to transmit information through different mediums and time, collecting knowledge and creating it.

“‘Amalgamated’ is a collection which explores the relationship of a mass produced ’tool' and its individual purpose. The beauty of the pencil as an object seems to go unnoticed if utilized only for their primary purpose.” 

For more on his art work see his website.