Vases out of pencils by artist Tuomas Markunpoika

Incredibly beautiful wooden vases made of pencils makes Finnish artist Tuomas Markunhoika (Tuomas Marcopolo). In the hands of a talented artist with a pencil is transformed not only as a tool used to record thoughts or drawing, but as an actual integral, the object of which are the real works of art.

Looking at these beautiful wooden vessels and did not immediately understand what they made and how colorful graphite so original and beautiful inlays and is decorated with vases. The technique of these vases is quite simple and for the connoisseur lathe, perhaps the difficulties would not be to run such a wonderful thing, knowing a little secret prepare wood blanks.
Tuomas initially draws the silhouette of the vase itself, how it will look in finished form. Then picks up the pencil with the desired color, packing them tightly to each other and bonds, yields well to dry the workpiece, and then on a lathe betrays conceived the shape of the future vase. Slices ready for the vases, if you look closely, you can see how tightly Packed the pencil, which then becomes an intricate element of the pattern and the colour stylus as small stones that give the vase a chic and originality.

It is said the master and the artist of these magnificent vessels, beauty and peculiarity of the pencil of the ball would be fully disclosed, if it is used only for the intended purpose. And my collection of vases called "Connected", gives another opportunity to look at such everyday objects like a pencil.