On a table in the Saranac Art Gallery, which was displaying the work of late artist Leslie LePere from Feb. 7 to March 1, ...

The pencil “lead” is actually a mixture of graphite and clay. More clay in the mixture makes the lead harder. A harder lead has a higher number. Pencils are numbered from 1-3 but most people use a ...

Now, in a recent study, researchers from Japan found a simple and low-cost way of tuning the reflectance spectra of pencil ...

Fierce competition between two Tokyo pencil makers led to a "Golden Age" of Japanese pencil manufacturing from 1952-1967. As ...

No.2 pencils are widely used, but you may not know what the number actually refers to. This video explains how pencils developed into their modern form and the significance of the labeled numbers.

The Wingback Designer’s mechanical pencil pairs a Japanese mechanism with a British-engineered brass case, creating a pleasingly weighted writing device. The integral reservoir has been designed to ...