On a table in the Saranac Art Gallery, which was displaying the work of late artist Leslie LePere from Feb. 7 to March 1, ...

The pencil “lead” is actually a mixture of graphite and clay. More clay in the mixture makes the lead harder. A harder lead has a higher number. Pencils are numbered from 1-3 but most people use a ...

The archetypal architects’s drawing tool, Staedtler’s clutch pencil was the ubiquitous drafting device in the days before computerization. Still available, this classic pencil takes 2mm leads that can ...