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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 3058513, member: 82322&quot;]As a counterpoint, here is an article about a modern-day artist who creates sculptures out of pencil lead without a magnifying glass:</p><p><a href="https://www.vegetablefruitcarving.com/blog/pencil-carving-dalton-ghetti/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vegetablefruitcarving.com/blog/pencil-carving-dalton-ghetti/" rel="nofollow">https://www.vegetablefruitcarving.com/blog/pencil-carving-dalton-ghetti/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It is possible that the die cutters worked more by feel than by vision.&nbsp; Our hands are incredibly sensitive.&nbsp; I have keen vision but it is easier for me to find a food particle on a china plate with my hand than with my eyes.&nbsp; The tools took a lot of force.&nbsp; It might have been difficult to aim them mostly by eye.</p><p><br /></p><p>Modern artists usually work very differently.&nbsp; Here is a picture of Victor Brenner with his Lincoln Cent portrait before it was reduced to cent-size:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_David_Brenner#/media/File:Victor_David_Brenner.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_David_Brenner#/media/File:Victor_David_Brenner.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_David_Brenner#/media/File:Victor_David_Brenner.jpg</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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