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Pencil Artist Jana Heidersdorf

Pencil Artist of the Week: Jana Heidersdorf

This week’s featured artist is Jana, a pencil artist and illustration student from Germany. Jana creates macabre drawings using a combination of analog and digital tools. Jana was kind enough to give us some insight into her creative process. “For…
Chelsea MFG Co. Blade Sharpener

Vintage Pencil Sharpeners In All Their Glory

Vintage pencil sharpeners are exciting.  Though I never thought I would make that statement, it’s true – old pencil sharpeners vary from sleek and fancy to wild and zany in their designs. Panasonic Pana-Point KP-22A This 1970s pencil…
Pencil Artist Stephen van den Burg

Pencil Artist of the Week: Stephan van den Burg

This week’s featured artist is Stephan van den Burg, a pencil artist from the Netherlands who creates non-traditional drawings in a style that is completely his own. And the best part? He creates them entirely out of graphite. Stephan worked…

Pencil History: J.B. Ostrowski’s Aluminum Ferrule

Here's a bit of pencil history for you: before 1964, Pencil eraser ferrules were made with brass because brass had the appropriate strength to hold a pencil with its eraser. Pencil manufacturers opted for the more expensive brass instead of…

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