The slope was a slippery one and my cheating escalated: tiny scrolls of paper rolled up under the eraser
of mechanical pencils, miniscule essays taped to the inside of my...
To see a dramatic and mind - bending example of how light behaves like a wave, all you need is three pieces
of mechanical pencil lead, a laser pointer and a dark room.
All the benefits
of a mechanical pencil without all the broken lead.
Not exact matches
For exams, I never liked to break from my routine
of having three
mechanical pencils at - the - ready because that is how I had always taken tests and had done well.
Because
of the earlier
mechanical pencil fiasco, the agency hesitated.
You will write your essay in
pencil (no
mechanical pencils or ink pens) on the lined pages
of an answer folder that will be provided to you.
The cats start generating clues by stepping on the phone as it's about to ring, yowling in the middle
of the night at the exact time the murder takes place, chewing on
pencils, hiding gum wrappers, and stealing the pennies intended to be dropped into an antique
mechanical bank (thus the title
of the book).
Just like the pen or
pencil did not disappear with the coming
of the typewriter (whether
mechanical or electronic) nor with the advent
of the personal computer, paper books will still exist years into the future and coexist with their digital equivalent.
JENNIFER DALTON (detail) Marfa Info Station, 2012 Kiosk: painted wood, stell and rubber
mechanical components, 78 x 84 x 30 inches Drawings: acrylic paint and
pencil on Masa paper, looped into a circle (2), 80 x 24 inches each Commissioned by Ballroom Marfa Courtesy
of the artist and Winkelman Gallery, New York, NY Photography © Fredrik Nilsen
JENNIFER DALTON Marfa Info Station, 2012 Kiosk: painted wood, stell and rubber
mechanical components, 78 x 84 x 30 inches Drawings: acrylic paint and
pencil on Masa paper, looped into a circle (2), 80 x 24 inches each Commissioned by Ballroom Marfa Courtesy
of the artist and Winkelman Gallery, New York, NY Photography © Fredrik Nilsen
Continuing to investigate the boundary between
mechanical and manual reproduction, he works with appropriated images
of vintage photographs, deftly mimicking the Xerox aesthetic by hand, using only carbon
pencil, charcoal and acrylic.
From Stephen Fry and Tracey Emin's modest wooden
pencils, to James Dyson's slickly designed
mechanical gadget, Dave Eggers» labyrinthine nibbed tool and Paul Smith's jewel - like object worth # 3,000, each weird and wonderful
pencil featured in the book becomes an accurate portrait
of its owner, demonstrating that in the digital age the
pencil is no longer just a simple work tool, but a much - loved totem
of creativity.
Mechanical pencil, graphite and charcoal, twisted wire, ceramic, carved wood, cut canvas, and belabored applications
of paint reveals an eclectic community
of fearless creators inducing a revised contemporary vernacular.
Here the boldly colored backgrounds and mystical calligraphy surrounding his menagerie
of animal - headed people and personified rag dolls in the works seen at the 2000 Whitney Biennial were replaced with muted color fields lightly
penciled with patterns suggestive
of DNA helices and chemical or
mechanical diagrams.
In 2010, the Drawing Center showed Lines which do not exist, a survey
of Richter's drawings from 1966 to 2005, including works made using
mechanical intervention such as attaching a
pencil to an electric hand drill.
I really notice the chill in the air when my
mechanical pencil freezes — or maybe it has just run out
of lead.
Yet a box
of leads for my Staedtler
mechanical drafting
pencils might last five years.
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I just inventoried my coffee table: an AP exam prep book, a Pre-Calculus textbook, two US History textbooks, a pile
of library books,
mechanical pencils, one school ID, a set
of earbuds, and a few video game cartridges.