Good idea and well done!
The blunt pencils being subject is well in focus, while the work is lightly blurred.
The angle of pencils and draker colored background draws you to negitive space between to two,at the bluntpoint of the pencils.
The image meets the subject matter dead on. A sound demonstration of the creative process in meeting the challenge in a very unusual way. A couple of minor detail problems as the image appears to be over sharpened. The DOF could have been used more effectively. A good solid entry into the challenge.