Stanislav Szukalski was born in Warta, Poland on December 13, 1893. When he was only six years old, a teacher sent him to the headmaster's office for whittling a pencil. The headmaster examined the pencil more closely and discovered that young Stanislav had carved a tiny, near-perfect figure. Instead of punishing him, he called the local newspaper which did a feature on the art prodigy...
For more information on this Polish genius go to:
www.szukalski.com
www.szukalski.pl (site in Polish)
www.rogate-serce.prv.pl (site in Polish)