As you know, I look for unusual and/or bizarre things that I like in the world of art.  My favorites are using different materials – such as street art, the finger art, dots, nails, etc.  In this case I came across the work of Jennifer Maestre who used colored pencils not too color, but as the materials for some sculpting.  See if you like them as well. – MB

Art Made Out of Colored Pencils – Not With Them

From a very first look at these wonderfully detailed colored pencil sculptures by Jennifer Maestre, it should come as no surprise that her artwork was initially inspired by spiny sea urchins – beautiful be dangerous to the touch.  For each sculpture, Jennifer hacks apart hundreds of colored pencils, cores them perpendicular to their length and turns them into beads, essentially, which she then meticulously stitches back together and slowly shapes into solid sculptures.  Though her beginnings were with creatures of the water, Jennifer quickly expanded her subject matter to cover other organic objects – from plants and flowers to house pets and more abstract animals.

While some of her work has a planned form from the very beginning, other pieces morph and shift as they take shape into something completely unplanned but nonetheless compelling.  While her work continues to evolve, this incredible artist has had dozens of exhibitions over the past decade and has also won numerous awards, pushing herself in new directions while exploring the limits of her unique approach.

Source:  http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/54z5ll/:ZD_qMAK9:SGoAX8rL/dornob.com/beyond-drawing-creative-colored-pencil-art-sculpture/