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Pencil shavings collage

Last week, I received a beautiful gift from a very creative person. It’s a collage which uses pencil shavings as material.

A glass frame made it challenging to photograph, but I hope that some of the essence is conveyed. In person, it is quite wonderful to behold.

A designer’s impression of pencils

My thanks to Cecelia from Roma for this link.
Yuta Watanabe takes an interesting look at our favourite subject here.

Books on Pencils (I)

Sorry for the delay since the last post. The entire editorial staff was under the weather this week.
Following up on the excellent contributed list of children’s books on pencils, we’re going to take a look at three adult-oriented books on pencils.
Marco Ferreri, Editor. Pencils. Mostre Georgetti, Milan, 1996.
Bill Henderson, Editor. Minutes of the Lead [...]

Children’s Books on Pencils

January 27th will be National Literacy Day. As a small contribution, pencil talk is delighted to present this guest post, a list of quality children’s books that feature pencils.

Pentel 120 A3 DX drafting pencils

A recent trip to a local university provided a chance to visit their engineering supply store, where I picked up some Pentel 120 A3 DX drafting pencils. They were one of two brands sold, along with the competitor Staedtler Mars micro.
The pencils come in four versions, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, and 0.9 mm. While I [...]

Round pencils

Is there only one general purpose round pencil on the market?