Dave and Megan are a husband-and-wife team who create hand carved pencil art.
They carefully carve the lead of each pencil they collect into a single letter. These letters are then put together to create quotes and unique sayings that appeal to them.
In addition to works with their own chosen phrases, they undertake many commissions where clients choose their own words or sayings to be immortalised in pencil artwork.
Dave also creates scrimshaw. Scrimshaw originated from sailors who would create artwork on whale teeth and other ivory (like walrus tusks or bone) with the needles they used for sail repairs. Typically, the art was of a nautical theme.
Dave’s work is on ivory piano keys salvaged from old pianos (late 1800s to early 1900s). The ivory is removed from the keys and the rest of the piano is repurposed with any salvageable wood used for other projects.
The work is hand-made so each piece is unique. Dave chooses subjects that he is drawn to so there is a variety to his work.
