Crayola Carvings

If you liked Dalton Ghetti’s carved pencils, you’re going to love this. Diem Chau is an artist who is best known for her intricate and detailed crayon carvings. Inspired by folk art and wood carvings from the Depression Era, Diem chose crayons as her medium for their fragility and reminder of childhood. Here she has carved the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. Impressive, right? Check out the rest of her crayon carvings here!


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  1. Katie wrote:

    Wow! So amazing! I can’t imagine doing anything like this and not going blind!

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  2. that’s so cool! i want one in my sign!

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  3. Seriously, I love this. I wish this was something you could buy in the store. I would want to use them though. =)
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  4. Jessie wrote:

    how absolutely beautiful!! i love these cravings. super cool.
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  5. This looks so cute!

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  6. haha these are amazingly creative!

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  7. Absolutely incredible.

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  8. krinka wrote:

    oh that’s so cute. i wanna try it 🙂

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  9. Lucía wrote:

    This is amazing! Love it.

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  10. Peachy wrote:

    wawww thats so cool !!

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  11. Liz Q wrote:

    This is SOOO awesome! I just wish my sign (the goat/sheep) wasn’t so dorky!

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  12. blondehaus wrote:

    My eyes would just go insane after doing this. So creative, I admire the dedication!

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  13. This is so cool! How creative. 🙂

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  14. Mai wrote:

    Love it!!
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  15. Ambyr wrote:

    This is sweet. I’d definitally break some crayons in the process, like possibly every one! haha.

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  16. wow how super cool is this!!!

    I love new forms of art, especially when so unexpected 🙂

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  17. Oh wow, this is a really cool design… I want my crayons to be like this! Especially the green one! It’s a snake! Seriously!!!

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  18. how awesome is this !?!?!!

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  19. Alexandra wrote:

    Jeez…some people are just so freaking talented….

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  20. Van wrote:

    INCREDIBLE talent! Love the mouse (shortest one) and the rabbit.
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  21. Christina wrote:

    freaking sweeeeet!

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  22. charity wrote:

    no way……..that’s actually crazy! totally cool!

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  23. Absolutely amazing! I would love to have some of these!

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  24. Katarzyna wrote:

    it’s so amazing! xx

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  25. 2Anchor wrote:

    These are beyond amazing! I feel like I want them, but just to put on a shelf. That is true talent and creativity.

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  26. Sue Maynes wrote:

    I am fascinated by a artist who steps out of conventional materials and uses whatever is available. To put such effort into something that every family has lying around in broken pieces really inspires.

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  27. nadja wrote:

    hahaha great pictures! 🙂

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  28. marissa wrote:

    These are so cool!

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  29. julia wrote:

    i used to do that when i was little with the blade off of my sharpener haha but there weren’t this amazing ahh.

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  30. Kolbey wrote:

    these are awesome ive never thouse to do anything else with crayons except color lol!

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  31. Noli Rosen wrote:

    I love her other work too. Beautiful.

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  32. these are wonderful what a fun idea

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  33. sassybead wrote:

    I honestly cannot think of a nicer, more fun artist to be featured in your blog! Congratulations, Diem!

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  34. Awesome all signs…
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  35. aya wrote:

    so cool

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