Creature Pencil Sculptures, with a Peyote Stitch

Talented Artist Jennifer Maestre, originally drew inspiration from the sea urchin to create a form with her pencils and from there, it took off.  On her site she says that many different animals and objects stir her creativity, sometimes, she gets inspired by a previous sculpture.  Mistakes can be a fantastically new turn in the forms she constructs.  This is an extract from her site: "To make the pencil sculptures, I take hundreds of pencils, cut them into 1-inch sections, drill a hole in each section (to turn them into beads), sharpen them all and sew them together. The beading technique I rely on most is peyote stitch."

Basilisk.
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Pelt.
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Chimera.
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Chalice.
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Cycad.
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Aurora.
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Echinimunculus.
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Electra.
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Kraken.
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Luna.
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Man.
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Naiad.
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Seethe.
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Star Gazers.
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Threnody.
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Tiamat.
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Watchtower.
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Watchtower - Base.
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Wet Feet.
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Working in the Studio.
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