By David Rees
ISBN-10: 1612190405
ISBN-13: 9781612190402
A hilarious advisor to the misplaced paintings of artisanal pencil sharpening
"...I am so overjoyed David Rees is identifying up the reins of the forgotten paintings of handbook graphite-encased-in-wood point-crafting. i admire my pencil!"
—AMY SEDARIS
"You might imagine that sprucing a pencil is straightforward, yet David Rees makes it glance difficult, and that makes the entire difference."
—JOHN HODGMAN
"Truly, my existence sooner than i used to be provided with effectively sharpened pencils by way of an artisan was once a lifeless and ill-sharpened void. examine from my mistakes."
—NEIL GAIMAN
Have you were given the proper of element in your pencil? have you learnt tips to in attaining the correct aspect for the type of paintings you wish out of that pencil?
Deep in New York’s Hudson River Valley, craftsman David Rees—the world’s #1 #2 pencil sharpener—still practices the age-old artwork of handbook pencil polishing. In 2010, he started delivering his artisanal carrier to the realm, to the jubilation of artists, writers, draftsmen, and standardized attempt takers.
Now, Rees provides a publication that's either a manifesto and a fully-illustrated walk-through of the various, many, many ways to sharpen a pencil. together with chapters on gear, present perform, and smooth applied sciences, it additionally issues at new traits in polishing, together with "Celebrity influence Pencil polishing (CIPS)," a caution concerning the “Psychological dangers linked to Pencil Sharpening,” and a survey of "Wines that tastes like pencils."
As Rees implores: "Sharpening pencils may be an task that enriches the senses."
And if you happen to imagine it’s a comic story, why don’t you poke your self together with your newly sharpened pencil? Or larger but, don’t—because it’ll particularly harm.
