FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS. The impossibly small sculptures are the work of talented Turkish student Recep Alcamli, who discovered his talent purely by chance when he was sharpening a pencil. The 23-year-old, of Elazıg, Turkey, who describes his work as ‘graphite art’, says: “It all started as a bit of an accident whilst I was studying for some exams. ‘I was sharpening a pencil, and I suddenly thought about how I could make the nib into a stylish shape.
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A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
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A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
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