#Blackwind sharpener series#

During the '50s and '60s, coffeehouses became synonymous with creativity and intellectualism. This literary movement, rooted in anti-materialism and the exploration of the human condition, gathered in the coffeehouses of New York and San Francisco to recite poetry alongside cups of black coffee. In 1948, amidst the uncertainty of post-war America, the Beat Generation was born. A simple formula with a magnificent result. The width of each color block is the sum of the widths of the previous two color blocks (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, & 55mm).

#Blackwind sharpener series#

Each pencil contains our balanced graphite and features a design inspired by the Fibonacci sequence, a series of numbers that approximate the Golden Ratio. It’s a reminder to slow down and savor the beauty around us. The Blackwing 55 celebrates the Golden Ratio. It can even be applied in your day to day life by framing a portrait using photography’s “Rule of Thirds.” It can be seen in the works of artists and architects from Salvador Dali to Frank Lloyd Wright. It can be felt in the syllabic patterns of Sanskrit poetry. The Golden Ratio can be heard in the arrangements of Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach.

When applied to the arts, it becomes a tool for creating balanced, organic works. It appears in the spiral of a seashell, the uncurling of a fern, and many other natural structures. It gives the world around us composition and symmetry that, for reasons we don’t fully understand, we find beautiful. The Golden Ratio is a mathematical ratio often found in nature, art, and design.