Susan Te Kahurangi King, “Untitled (A30232)” (c. 1967), graphite, colored pencil and ebony on found paper, 11 x 8.5 inches (31.5 x 25 cm); Collection of KAWS (image courtesy the Drawing Center ...

Derwent® still makes art materials in England’s Lake District, where graphite was first discovered in 1832 and hasn’t stopped pushing boundaries and innovating since The Cumberland Pencil ...

He was released from the hospital to a nursing home in the mid-1970s and died on January 9, 1987. (Visit Electricpencildrawings.com for the complete collection of this artist's drawings.) ...

The Pencil Is a Key: Drawings by Incarcerated Artists Through Jan. 5 at the Drawing Center, 35 Wooster Street, Manhattan; 212-219-2166, drawingcenter.org.

This week, Aaron Bartholmey, a 36-year-old Iowan, submitted for recognition of having the world's largest pencil collection. He began collecting 30 years ago.

Bartholmey will be holding a public counting for his pencil collection at the Colfax Historical Society beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday for his attempt to break the world record.

Instead, the pencil is accessible, plebeian and utilitarian. If put in the right hands, it can also produce incredible works of art. Pencils are often relegated to sketching and drafting.

The largest pencil collection in the world belongs to a man in Iowa. Aaron Bartholmey of Colfax recently learned his collection of 69,255 pencils set a Guinness World Record.

Posted: Jan 4, 2024 / 11:00 AM EST Updated: Jan 4, 2024 / 12:39 PM EST LOGAN, Ohio (WCMH) — A museum regarded as the largest collection of pencil sharpeners in the nation is reopening in Ohio.