A pencil, drawing itself
Woodclinched | For the love of pencils
by Andy Welfle
3y ago
I’m sitting here in my apartment in San Francisco, where I’ve spent most of the last three weeks. As COVID-19 sweeps across the globe, I’m counting myself blessed that I have a job where I can work from home, that we have plenty of food and are safe and healthy. From left to right: Johnny Gamber, Tim Wasem, and me, Andy Welfle Just two weeks before it seems like we Americans was even aware of the severity of this pandemic, I had one of the best long weekends of my life, in Baltimore. It was the first time ever — in the six-year history of The Erasable Podcast — that Johnny Gamber, Tim Wasem, a ..read more
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A pen that’s dressed like a pencil
Woodclinched | For the love of pencils
by Andy Welfle
3y ago
Things have been quiet around this blog for the last couple of years, but it’s not for lack of effort and interest in the pencilsphere. One big thing that’s happening in my world is that my Erasable Podcast (130 episodes strong!) co-hosts and I are going to be going to the 2020 Baltimore/Washington International Pen Show to do a live episode on Friday, February 28! Yes, we’re infiltrating the inky enemy and pronouncing our graphite propaganda. It’s been my (admittedly limited) experience that while the majority of pen show attendees don’t give a shake about pencils, there are a small but inter ..read more
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No. 2 — a beautiful pencil-scented fragrance with an unfortunate name
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by Andy Welfle
3y ago
I’m taking a break from my not-actually-a-blogging-hiatus here to share something interesting. You may remember my post from 2014 about the “Number Two (Pencils Shavings)” perfume from DSH Perfumes. It was designed to be a wearable essence and a scent for a room diffuser, though it never really struck me as really smelling like pencils. Well, there’s a new pencil-scented fragrance in town, and it’s also called “No. 2,” this time from Portland-based artists Rory Sparks and Catherine Haley Epstein. They combined their love of pencils and perfume into a perfect fun project. Rory, a listener of Th ..read more
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Plumbago, issue 3 is almost here!
Woodclinched | For the love of pencils
by Andy Welfle
3y ago
This is something I’m very excited about, folks. A year ago when we started Plumbago Magazine, as a paper companion to The Erasable Podcast, we just wanted to get some of our friends to submit drawings, or written words, or something that we could photocopy together into a few pieces of paper, folded and stapled. Then, last summer, Issue 2 came out, and we suddenly had 36 pages full of writing, illustrations, comics and more about pencils. We made 300 copies, which seemed like a lot, but — wow! — that quickly sold out. (You can still buy a PDF copy of that issue, though. For Issue 3, due ..read more
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Harry Marks on the Dime Novel Field Notes edition
Woodclinched | For the love of pencils
by Andy Welfle
3y ago
I don’t often have guest reviews on this blog, but when Harry C. Marks comes at me, I know it’s gonna be good. Harry’s an internet-friend who I’ve made sure to hang out with in real life several times, a long-hand novelist, and, like me, a stationery lover. He recently reviewed the latest Field Notes release, Dime Novel. I’ve appreciated Field Notes notebooks for some time. I wouldn’t call myself a “fan” in the truest sense as I tend to skip most releases. Nor am I an obsessive collector, so when an edition comes out that captures my attention, it’s something special. The first Field Notes I ..read more
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Paper Tasting: Packs of unique Japanese paper celebrating color and texture
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by Andy Welfle
3y ago
Edit 10/04/17: The Paper Tasting packs are now live and available on the Yamamoto Paper Etsy shop! It looks like they’re selling for just over $11 each. Check them out here. A few weeks ago, I went to the San Francisco International Pen Show. Graphite representation was pretty low, but I was excited to hang out with some stationery blogger friends, like Ana Reinert from the Well Appointed Desk, and Brad Dowdy from The Pen Addict. In fact, I worked a shift at his Nock Co. booth, peddling fine nylon pen and notebook holders. I also met a really interesting guy — Taizo Yamamoto. He was visit ..read more
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“How I wish I may do it as gallantly as you:” A letter written in pencil to Dorothea Lange by John Steinbeck
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by Andy Welfle
3y ago
Just across the bay from San Francisco is Oakland, a city that often lives in the shadow of SF, but has so many cool attributes in its own right. On Sunday, I went to one of Oakland’s gems, the Oakland Museum of California. In addition to some amazing permanent installations, we saw a temporary exhibit featuring the photography of Dorothea Lange, a prolific documentary photographer from the early- to mid-1900s. She’s perhaps best known for her series on the displaced farm families as they migrated from Oklahoma to California in the 1930s, and on the forced internment of Japanese-Americans by t ..read more
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Plumbago Magazine, Issue 2 is for sale as a pre-order!
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by Andy Welfle
3y ago
I’m really excited for the second issue of Plumbago, my zine project. If you’ll remember, the first issue came out late last year. It was a bit rushed, since I was trying to produce an issue in time for a Zine Fest at the Facebook Analog Lab. Turns out, I made far too few copies, and because it was assembled entirely using the photocopier, several features in it were pretty heavily distorted. This time around, I wanted to produce a higher-quality issue, to see how that felt. Well, it feels pretty great! Weighing in at 36 pages full of photos, comics, illustrations, and written features, I pres ..read more
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Neat & Super Dark: An overview of the colorful uniqueness of Indian pencils
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by Andy Welfle
3y ago
One of the great ironies of wooden pencil merchandising is that for a product that’s a symbol — perhaps the symbol — of globalized industry, we see so few of the on the shelves in the United States. There are Ticonderoga pencils, of course, and Write Dudes. If it’s a fancy store, there are some Japanese and German brands, and of course there are bottom-shelf no-branded pencils. I barely even notice those anymore. But what about Indian pencils? This post is not a review of any specific pencil made in India. For that, you should check out in-depth reviews by my friends Mike at Lead Fast and Dee ..read more
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Two more Blackwing notebooks to complement the Slate
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by Andy Welfle
3y ago
It’s been a minute since I’ve written anything about Palomino Blackwing/Pencils.com/CalCedar. But it’s not for want of any new products from them. They’ve been busy! Their latest release is a great follow-up to my post in Summer 2014 about the Blackwing Slate, a Blackwing-branded A5-sized journal. Since that release, they haven’t said much about their line of paper products, though I’ve seen the Slate in most stores that carry their pencils. I figured they’ve been concentrating on their (very ambitious) quarterly Volumes releases. But it was in the last Volumes release that they gave us a ..read more
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