Perhaps we’re biased, but there’s a unique beauty to drawing pencils that isn’t matched by your everyday writing pencil. Usually painted in a pleasing color and embossed with their name and grade, ...

The pencils started as high-utility writing utensils but became a popular souvenir and marketing tool, eventually reaching ...

Since starting the project, I’ve come to believe that using pencils cultivates patience and strengthens attention,” says magazine founder Sasha Wizansky.

They look like pieces of art — they’re quite decorative, sitting on a desk as such — but the small hand-carved objects serve another purpose. They work as pencils. The graphite sculptures, produced by ...

Many artists have used pencils to create works of art - but Dalton Ghetti creates miniature masterpieces on the tips of pencils Credit: DALTON GHETTI / SOLENT NEWS Dalton, who works as a carpenter, ...

Sometime between 1500 and 1565 a large graphite deposit was discovered in Cumbria, England. Because the graphite was extremely pure and solid it could easily be sawed into sticks. The graphite was ...

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