When it comes to crafting, patience is required not only as a virtue but as a character in the artist.

Dalton Ghetti is the perfect example of pure talent executed with utmost patience. One of his artwork has taken up to two and a half years to finish, he works on tiny little leads of pencils and carves the graphite with a razor blade, sewing needle and sculpting knife; without any use of magnifying glass at all.

Dalton is a 49 year old artist from Bridgeport who has been carving pencil leads for more than 25 years, and does not sell them. Although he does hope to exhibit his work in a gallery in England. "I don't make any money from it but that's not what it's all about for me. However, I would love for a gallery owner in England to fly me over to put on a show" shares Dalton.

During his school days, Dalton used to carve the wood of his friend's pencils and gift it to them, later he started making sculptures from wood. After experimenting on several unique objects, he finally decided to challenge himself and started working on pencils. "One day I had an eureka moment and decided to carve into the graphite of a pencil" says Dalton.

Creating these amazing pieces of art has not been easy for Dalton, there are times when he ends up breaking the sculptures while working on them. Considering the fragility of his canvas, ruining a piece, specially when it is almost done can be very heartbreaking and de-motivating. But he has taught himself to believe in himself, and as a result gains confidence with each pencil that he carves. He also has a box with more than 100 sculptures that he has broken over the period of time and calls it "the cemetery collection".

"People might think it's weird I keep them but they're interesting. I worked on them for months so they might be dead now but at one point I gave them life" explains Dalton.