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Derwent Pencil Company

Derwent Pencil Company

History Legend has it that in the early 1500's, a violent storm in the Borrowdale area of Cumberland led to trees being uprooted. Beneath these trees was a strange black material that left its mark on whatever it touched. This material turned…
Taysir Batniji

Taysir Batniji’s Stunning Pencil Shaving Installation

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Taysir Batniji is truly a jack of all trades in the art world. Born in Gaza in 1966, Batniji has studied and created art all over the world. He attended Al-Najah University in Palestine, the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Bourges Université…

Your Guide to Pencils on Twitter

We love sharing news and updates with our followers, but sometimes the best way to get news is in real-time and on the front lines. Below is a list of users and hashtags to follow on Twitter to make sure you're always up to speed on what's happening…
Organize Your Notebooks

Four Ways to Organize Your Notebooks

I am to notebooks what Carrie Bradshaw is to shoes. If you've never seen Sex and the City, I'll break it down for you: Carrie will be walking down the street and spot a pair of heels in a window. Despite having a closet at home overflowing with…
Nicolas-Jacque Conté

The Erasable Podcast Episode 2 is Up

The Erasable Podcast is back with their second episode and, unlike the Star Wars prequels, this Episode 2 is pretty awesome. Andy, Tim and Johnny discuss the pencil terms they'll be using during their podcast episodes, dissect the anatomy of…

Interview with Alexandra Charmaine Ortiz

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Alexandra Charmaine Ortiz, M.F.A., is  a very busy artist! She is Artist in Residence at the Art Students League of New York’s Vytlacil Campus, has an exhibit called Collapsed Fields currently on display, and is launching her own pencil company…

The Erasable Podcast

We're excited. Actually, let me rephrase that. We're psyched out of our minds. Why, you ask? Let me tell you. Last week saw the introduction of The Erasable Podcast, a podcast dedicated solely to the love of wooden pencils. It's the…

Does Chaos Breed Creativity?

Three scientifically valid experiments were conducted to see the affects of chaotic surroundings on peoples’ decisions and ideas. This study is not proposing that disorganized people have these characteristics, but is focused on when an individual…

Do Scented Pencils Make You Smarter?

Get a higher G.P.A. without studying longer, altering habits, or spending extra time with the teacher. All a person has to do is change the pencil they are using. Does it sound too good to be true? This is the outcome of a study creating waves…
Calvin and Hobbes

American Cartoon Pencil Heroes

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Cartoonists are able to express emotions behind life experiences and conjure reactions with simple means.  Hand-drawn figures can elicit laughter, anger, melancholy and the desire to just see more. The list of power players below outlines the…