San Francisco based artist, Angelio Batle likes to create poetry through his graphite sculptures. Not only are these sculptures beautiful, intricate and metaphorical, but can also write. Nature inspires this artist, therefore you will find sculptures of plants, trees, animals or flowers.

"Committed to making art from materials that are part of daily experience, the artist originated this work by casting his own hand in pencil lead, graphite, each day for the calendar year 1999." shares his website.

Here are some of my favorite sculptures by Batle:

Quill

Ginkgo

Frog

Oak Leaf

Alligator

Small Pea Pod

Turret Shell

Swallow

Antler

Calla Lily

Small Shell

Dragonfly

Twisting Leaf

Small Snake