{"id":773,"date":"2010-10-10T00:10:12","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T04:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www3.arts.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=773"},"modified":"2010-10-10T00:10:12","modified_gmt":"2010-10-10T04:10:12","slug":"what-are-pencils-good-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2010\/10\/10\/what-are-pencils-good-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What are pencils good for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Other than writing, what can a pencil be used for?\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes, I attempt to use them to put up my hair&#8230; and of course it fails because I can never get the twist\/grip right.\u00c2\u00a0 Other times, I use them as bookmarks.\u00c2\u00a0 I use them as pointers for demonstration purposes; I use them to poke people.<\/p>\n<p>I wish I could use them as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designswan.com\/archives\/incredible-miniscule-pencil-tip-carvings-by-dalton-ghetti.html\">artwork<\/a>, as Dalton Ghetti does.\u00c2\u00a0 These minuscule sculptures carved out of pencil stubs and the graphite are amazingly intricate in their design.\u00c2\u00a0 It is absolutely insane what he can do with one pencil.<\/p>\n<p>Especially these:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.designswan.com\/2010\/07\/pencil\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"466\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.designswan.com\/2010\/07\/pencil\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"376\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They remind me of small charms.\u00c2\u00a0 And indeed, they are tiny.<\/p>\n<p>Starting from Marcel Duchamp&#8217;s notorious &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fountain_%28Duchamp%29\">Fountain<\/a>&#8220;, the practice of transforming daily objects into art forms is nothing new.\u00c2\u00a0 But it makes me wonder: what other everyday objects can be used as  breathtaking pieces of artwork?\u00c2\u00a0 Or, controversial ones, as well (to which Duchamp can attest).<\/p>\n<p>All I know is, I want about a hundred of these pencils lining my desk.\u00c2\u00a0 Perhaps it will give me more motivation to study!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/Gabby\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/moz-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 39px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/Gabby\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/moz-screenshot-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other than writing, what can a pencil be used for?\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes, I attempt to use them to put up my hair&#8230; and of course it fails because I can never get the twist\/grip right.\u00c2\u00a0 Other times, I use them as bookmarks.\u00c2\u00a0 I use them as pointers for demonstration purposes; I use them to poke people. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":774,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions\/774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}