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Pencils.com Helps Japanese Disaster Victims

Note: This is republished from WoodChuck's personal blog about the pencil industry, Timberlines. See the original post and comment thread by clicking here. Pencils.com Helps Japanese Disaster Victims We were greatly disturbed to see the tragic…
Pencil Artist James Robertson

Pencil Artist of the Week: James Robertson

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This week's featured pencil artist is James Robertson. He draws storyboards at Pixar for films like Toy Story 3, so he is no stranger to the humble pencil. His personal blog, The Iron Scythe, is chock-full of character sketches, profiles, scenes,…
Blackwing Erasers

Reviving the Blackwing: March Update

Note: This is republished from WoodChuck's personal blog about the pencil industry, Timberlines. See the original post and comment thread by clicking here. Reviving the Blackwing: March Update Okay, Blackwing fans, we have a few new developments…
Pencil Artist Harriet Estel Berman

Pencil Artist of the Week: Harriete Estel Berman

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Today, we bring you a pencil artist of a different kind. Rather than using a pencil to draw, sketch, or illustrate, Harriete Estel Berman is making art out of the pencils themselves. She's creating a giant bell curve 27 feet long and 12 feet…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Mogodore J. Bivouac

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I'm really excited about the pencil artist this week: Mogodore J. Bivouac. With a name that is as fun to say as it is to spell, he sent us a great pencil drawing he made with a Palomino Blackwing of — excitingly — a Palomino Blackwing with…

How to Use the Palomino-KUM Long Point Sharpener

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Folks love the Palomino-KUM and Blackwing long point sharpeners. They both use a unique two-step sharpening process that creates a long, fine point, but we sometimes have customers asking us how it works. We hope this video clears up the process…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Chris Gallo

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This week's featured pencil artist is Chris Gallo, and he's a pencil fan. He produces short, pithy comics daily, ranging in topics from beards to apples to substitute teaching (and more!). We recently sent him a few samples of Palomino pencils…

Reviving the Blackwing: February Update

Reviving the Blackwing: February Update It's been almost three full months since my November update so I thought it was about time to bring our fans up to date with a number of interesting and exciting developments with our Palomino Blackwing…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Josiah, Another Bloggish Thing

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We love Tumblr. It's easy to use, boasts a simple, beautiful design, and is home to some of the most creative people using the internet. Including this week's featured pencil artist. 16 year-old Josiah's blog, Another Bloggish Thing, features…
Pencil Artist Sarah Melling

Pencil Artist of the Week: Sarah Melling

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We don't want to be copycats, but as soon as we saw Sarah Melling's artworked featured at one of our favorite blogs, Pencil Revolution, we knew we had to have her here for our pencil artist post. Sarah said that when she bought these chestnuts…