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I Carved A Herd Of Bison From A Pencil Graphite
I Carved A Herd Of Bison From A Pencil Graphite
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I Carved A Herd Of Bison From A Pencil Graphite

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I’ve carved quite a few pencils over the years, but this one was the most time-consuming and tedious! Have a look at the video and let me know what you think.

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    Here’s a video showing the carving from a few angles

    An ‘in progress’ photo with my thumb added for scale

    I Carved A Herd Of Bison From A Pencil Graphite

    Here I’ve added a ‘Buffalo Nickel’ for scale

    I Carved A Herd Of Bison From A Pencil Graphite

    Here’s a nice in progress shot of the herd, close up. Each bison is about 3/32″ tall and just over 1/8″ long

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    I Carved A Herd Of Bison From A Pencil Graphite

    Another in progress shot of the herd kicking up dust! It’s harder than you would think, to photograph a carving this small

    I Carved A Herd Of Bison From A Pencil Graphite

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    A top down view of the herd. There are 50 bisons running across the carpenter’s pencil!

    I Carved A Herd Of Bison From A Pencil Graphite

    A side view of the herd. After blocking in the individual bison, I went back and detailed them before calling it final

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    I Carved A Herd Of Bison From A Pencil Graphite

    The leader at the front of the herd

    I Carved A Herd Of Bison From A Pencil Graphite

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    Cindy Chinn

    Cindy Chinn

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    I'm an artist. I work full-time to make one a kind creations from micro-carvings of pencils to life-size bird sculptures like cranes and peacocks! I live and work in a 33,000 square foot former school building in rural Nebraska, where I have set up studios for my many interests. Check out my website (CindyChinn.com) and follow my social media page to see what crazy project I'm working on!

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    Cindy Chinn

    Cindy Chinn

    Author, Community member

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    I'm an artist. I work full-time to make one a kind creations from micro-carvings of pencils to life-size bird sculptures like cranes and peacocks! I live and work in a 33,000 square foot former school building in rural Nebraska, where I have set up studios for my many interests. Check out my website (CindyChinn.com) and follow my social media page to see what crazy project I'm working on!

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    My name is Gabriela, and I’m a Community Manager at Bored Panda. In real life, it means that every day, together with my team, I ensure that all the posts submitted by our creative pandas display their work in the best possible way. I'm always on the lookout for new artists who would like to join our community and share their content with a wide audience. In addition to that, I keep my finger on the community pulse and supervise its activity, ensuring that any problems our members experience on our website are promptly resolved.Before joining the Bored Panda team, I worked as a freelancer, offering my creative services to people around the world—starting with graphic design, photography, and finally videos. Now, I pursue these activities only as a hobby, capturing moments with my cats and documenting new places I visit during my travels.

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    My name is Gabriela, and I’m a Community Manager at Bored Panda. In real life, it means that every day, together with my team, I ensure that all the posts submitted by our creative pandas display their work in the best possible way. I'm always on the lookout for new artists who would like to join our community and share their content with a wide audience. In addition to that, I keep my finger on the community pulse and supervise its activity, ensuring that any problems our members experience on our website are promptly resolved.Before joining the Bored Panda team, I worked as a freelancer, offering my creative services to people around the world—starting with graphic design, photography, and finally videos. Now, I pursue these activities only as a hobby, capturing moments with my cats and documenting new places I visit during my travels.

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