Some of my scribble friends
The red drawers in my studio hold well over a 108 pencils. They are of different descent but share the same ability to draw a smooth professional line. All are grand scribblers, crucial players in the creation of my work. All play the same type of graphite music, some louder, some softer, some faster but all sound harmonious and clear. (BTW, there is a great blog: Pencil Talk all about pencils, pencils and more pencils. This blog orchestrates facts, figures and technicalities around the graphite pencil and as they aptly say "exploring the art and science of pencils since 2005". Well worth checking out .) Back to my studio inhabitants. All have great blood lines . They are the Staedlers, the Derwents, the Faber-Castells, The Cretacolors and the Prismacolors. The Staedlers (Made in Germany - seriously big: around 2.500 people work for Europe's largest pencil manufacturers) live along side the Derwents ( Made in England - my favorites- launched in 1938), the Faber-Castel...