Pencils reveal why they are yellow, tracing branding, Chinese symbolism, and how one marketing move shaped what quality looks like in the US.
Posts tagged as “pencils”
School is just around the corner. Kids and parents are flocking around Staples and Walmart buying school supplies. I always wanted to buy unique supplies…
My next summer project, a giant pencil fence. Let’s hope kids don’t climb over it. It will turn into a crimson shish kabob pencil fence.
Looking beyond the obvious. Turning colored pencils and a sharpener into a zipper.
Have we become so lazy as a society that we cannot sharpen our own pencils? Since when has it become an art form? David Rees…
Usually the pencil is the medium of creation. A pencil has been always a tool. What happens when you start making pencils into sculptures? They…

