I saw this artist on Colorfly Studio's blog.
49-year old carpenter from Bridgeport, Connecticut, Dalton Ghetti, creates pencil lead carvings as a hobby.
Hearts carved out of the actual graphite of a carpenter's pencil tip, using only fine sand paper, razor blade and a sewing needle, without the use of a magnifying glass. This piece took approximately six months to complete.

Read more about him here.

Read more about him here.