Jasenko Đorđević carving a figure into the 5 mm graphite core of a pencil
The art of pencil sculpting · since 2010

It all comes to a point.

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The shape was already in the graphite.I only drew it out.

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Selected work

Sculpture in graphite
The Creation of Adam
The Creation of Adam
Hygieia
Hygieia
Mother and Child — Newborn
Mother and Child — Newborn
On the Edge
On the Edge
Sisyphus
Sisyphus
Owl
Owl
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Meet the Artist

Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina

I’m a self-taught sculptor. Since 2010 I’ve carved into the graphite core of ordinary pencils — by hand, under magnification, at a scale of a few millimetres. Over time the pencil became less a tool than a medium of its own. What interests me isn’t smallness for its own sake, but whether the sculpture still holds at that scale — whether a face keeps its expression.

Jasenko Đorđević
Film still — Jasenko Đorđević at work on a pencil sculpture
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Recognition

Collections · grants · exhibitions
CollectionCumberland Pencil MuseumPermanent collection, United Kingdomsince 2013
GrantPollock-Krasner FoundationArtist grant, New York2019
ExhibitionsSmall is BeautifulParis · London · New York · Brussels · Milan · Taipei2021–2025
AwardBiennale of Miniature Art, BiHSculpture Award & Grand Prix, 7th Biennale2013
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Selected collaborations

Brands & institutions
Mercedes-Benz · the new S-Class
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Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz commissioned the three-pointed star, hand-carved at the tip of a pencil, for the launch of the new S-Class — a claim about precision, proven at a scale where precision has nowhere to hide.

Featured on the official Mercedes-Benz channel
Miniature hearing aids carved on pencil tips for Audio Service Atelier
Audio Service · Atelier

Their Atelier line is built on precision, by hand, in Germany — so I carved their hearing aids at the tip of a pencil. One craft mirroring another.

Shown at the 67th EUHA Congress, Germany · 2023

How a collaboration works·All collaborations

Get in touch

The smallest things are worth reaching for.

Reach out — to acquire a work, commission a piece, or build something together. Each is one of one.

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