Before pencils, Maestre was originally building with nails and a liquid rubber-type glue. She started to worry about inhaling all the toxic fumes, however, and began to experiment with different techniques until she settled on beading. Her method of choice? The peyote stitch.
#3 In Watchtower, Maestre focuses on a more architectural form. Peer inside and you'll see a series of pencil struts spiraling up like a staircase in a tower.
#4 Maestre was originally inspired by the push-pull reaction she had to sea urchins.
#5 Hive is one of Mastre's unintentionally more suggestive sculptures. "Certain viewers find it a little obscene," she says. "Maybe because I used the pink eraser ends to outline the orifices." (OK?)
#6 Some see a frog, others a gorilla, and some even an Egyptian mask. What does Threnody look like to you? Maestre may not know herself, but her primary goal was to convey the feeling of something howling.

they look very prickly and dangerous! But I like them, despite the pink orifices and howling - very unique! Nice clip!

Thanks, alan. I liked it because it's seems like it would be a difficult medium to master. The 'orifices' one reminds me of a"strawberry planter" or a pinada, and the howling looks like a wolf or dog.