Egyptian artist turns pencil tips into delicate sculptures

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Egyptian artist turns pencil tips into delicate sculptures

STORY: Egyptian artist turns pencil tips into delicate sculptures DATELINE: June 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:24 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ibrahim Bilal showing his miniature sculpture works 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): IBRAHIM BILAL, Egyptian artist 3. various of Ibrahim Bilal carving a miniature sculpture 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): IBRAHIM BILAL, Egyptian artist STORYLINE: On a table at his home in Rosetta, a port city in northern Egypt, self-taught artist Ibrahim Bilal displayed a variety of his signature mini sculptures made with pencil tips. With some 80 pieces of work featuring landmarks and famous people in Egypt and beyond, the 30-year-old artist said he was inspired four years ago to thoroughly grasp the art form after watching videos of a Chinese artist carving pencil lead into sculptures. "I took the idea and started to develop it," he told Xinhua, noting this art was initiated only two decades ago. Fond of ancient Egyptian icons, Bilal dedicated one of his earliest

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