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Although he also does photography and paints, Russian artist Salavat Fidai’s favourite medium is pencil. Which sounds simple, until you actually see his artworks; these are no ordinary sketches. Using a tiny craft knife and a magnifying glass, Salavat carves intricate microsculptures into the graphite tips of pencils.
His subject matter varies; during a quick scroll through his works, we spotted the Iron Throne and The Night King from Game of Thrones, Darth Vader’s head, the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel tower, Presidents Trump and Putin, and even some more mundane objects like a teacup and a book. ‘I find inspiration in pop culture, art, in the photographs I take of buildings and monuments on my travels, and occasionally, even from my Instagram followers,’ Salavat says.
‘This is a unique and very interesting form of art,’ he writes. ‘Graphite is an extremely brittle material, and sculptures often break down in the process. But it does not
