While the 1950s saw more than 20 pencil manufacturing plants, several like Dixon Ticonderoga, which closed its Jersey City, ...

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Pencils aren’t supposed to flex. When I investigated, I found that the manufacturer had decided to mix sawdust with some sort of adhesive and use the resulting substance to make ...

Wisconsin K-12 students created artwork using stained glass, soapstone, recycled cardboard and liquid sterling silver. One student drew a peacock using oil pastel; another modeled an alien using clay.

The 31-piece exhibit at the Jack Shainman Gallery features dynamic textiles and textures on Black women, femmes, and beyond.

Australian agencies and companies have earned four graphite pencils at the D&AD Awards overnight. Melbourne Based design studio Other Matter notched a graphite pencil for its Non-Vinyl Signage ...

Unlike a standard pencil with a clay and graphite core, colored pencil sets are oil, water and wax-based. In addition, these pencils come in different sizes, quality and pigment proportions to ...

Graphite pencils - whose cores are mainly composed of graphite, clay, and various waxes - are still commonly used. Accidents caused by these materials are a common occurrence, especially in childhood.

By the late 18th century, French inventor Nicolas-Jacques Conté developed a new method of making pencils by grinding graphite, mixing it with clay, and baking the mixture to create a durable ...

In 1832, a pencil factory started operations near the Borrowdale graphite supply. In 1916, it became the Cumberland Pencil Factory, which produced the Derwent pencils so much loved by school children.

According to an FAQ posted on their Facebook page, the plantable pencils are 100% natural and non-toxic. It is made of sustainable wood, graphite, clay, and non-GMO (genetically modified organism) ...