Ah coloured pencils... I remember the happiness of a new box. All those beautiful new pencils that I knew by colour and number, and the smell of them. I thought they were could be used only to draw and coloured images, until I find the incredible work of Jennifer Maestre. She takes hundreds of pencils, cut them into 1-inch sections, drill a hole in each section (to turn them into beads), sharpen them all and sew them together to create original sculptures inspired by the form and function of the sea urchin. (via Make)