The wooden pin are sparingly used yet the faces he created are instantly recognizable.

A couple of months ago I came up with an idea I have had in mind for years.

I just did not know what I could use it for.

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But then I did a test with sunglasses, and it really turned out great.

So I sent an image with the test to Plaza Magazine, and a week later I started shooting.

It was a real challenge to sculpt the faces of some classic wearers of sunglasses.

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It took me 6 days to shoot the 6 faces, and around 1200 sticks were used.

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