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Sally Kindberg’s visit to Keswick in the Lake District.
Last week I ran three days of workshops at Keswick’s quirky and fascinating Pencil Museum (see previous blog post) housed in what had been the pencil factory’s canteen. The empty factory still stands, looking very dilapidated – pencils are produced in a different part of Cumbria now … Continue reading
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Sally Kindberg’s workshops at the Pencil Museum, Keswick, Cumbria
Why did visitors from a black and white planet travel to Keswick’s Pencil Museum? Did they have designs on the fantastic range of crayons in its shop, or have an eye (or three) on the longest coloured pencil in the world (7.9m btw) on display? This was … Continue reading