Article: Inside One of America’s Last Pencil Factories

[catbert]

"A photographer captures a colorful world of craft and complexity." (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/magazine/inside-one-of-americas-last-pencil-factories.html?_r=0)

[penwash]

That is a fascinating article just from the quality of the photographs especially the compositions.

I just wish the photo-editor didn't just HDR everything. Sometimes imperfect shadows and highlights can enhance the quality of photographs.

[matteob]

Thanks for this. I use General pencils and very fine they are too (apart from the useless erasors) It is nice to see a family owned, artisan business still going strong in the US. Their packaging is the coolest ever too!

[VertOlive]

Fascinating! I enjoyed the photo story immensely, but didn't see why they had to re-cap it at the end.

I see they sell their cedar pencils on Amazon. They sound much nicer than the paper wrapped sticks my kid brings home. Probably smell nice too.