Wednesday, May 18, 2022

A pencil sculpture

A Minneapolis man is sculpting a giant no. 2 pencil from a dead tree. Sixteen feet tall, to be sharpened away, one foot a year.

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comments: 4

Joe DiBiase said...

"That's the second-biggest pencil I've ever seen!" - Maxwell Smart, Agent 86

Actually, This is the second-biggest pencil I've ever seen. It's in the Modern Art collection at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Michael Leddy said...

That’s great! I admire your having both that pencil and the Get Smart-style rejoinder at your disposal.

Anonymous said...

here's another large pencil

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/102759-largest-pencil

Michael Leddy said...

Impressive. Sri Chinmoy and his disciples often engaged in extraordinary efforts.