"A cylinder of baked graphite and clay in a wood case, the pencil creates as it is being destroyed. To love a pencil is to use it, to sharpen it, and to essentially destroy it. Pencils were used to sketch civilization’s greatest works of art. Pencils were there marking the choices in the earlie...

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Main Author:	Beggy, Carol (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York Bloomsbury Academic 2024
Series:	Object lessons Bloomsbury collections
Subjects:	Technik Sachkultur Bleistift Pencils Impact of science & technology on society Literary theory Philosophy: aesthetics
Online Access:	DE-12 Volltext
Summary:	"A cylinder of baked graphite and clay in a wood case, the pencil creates as it is being destroyed. To love a pencil is to use it, to sharpen it, and to essentially destroy it. Pencils were used to sketch civilization’s greatest works of art. Pencils were there marking the choices in the earliest democratic elections. Even when used haphazardly to mark out where a saw’s blade should make a cut, a pencil is creating. Pencil offers a deep look at this common, almost ubiquitous, object. Pencils are a simple device that are deceptively difficult to manufacture. At a time when many use cellphones as banking branches and instructors reach students online throughout the world, pencil use has not waned, with tens of millions being made and used annually. Carol Beggy sketches out how the lowly pencil is still a mighty useful tool."
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (152 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781501392214 9781501392221 9781501392238
DOI:	10.5040/9781501392214