Blackwing Blog

The Blackwing 574 is our tribute to Native American art and the 574 nations that use it to assert agency and identity. We worked with Kaw, Osage, Lakota artist Chris Pappan to design a pencil that evokes geometric patterns found...

Garcia’s journey into visual arts began at a young age and was nurtured at the San Francisco Art Institute, but his focus shifted to music after a life-changing car accident in 1961. 

A Conversation with Leslie Hung   We partnered with comic book artist and illustrator Leslie Hung for our Artist Series Notebooks featuring her incredible original artwork. Leslie is the co-creator of Image Comic's Snotgirl.   Can you tell...

We had the pleasure of chatting with Vanessa Reynoso of Marbled Paper Studio. She shares about the intricate craft of paper marbling, its history dating back to the 12th century & much more.

We had the opportunity to sit down for a chat with portrait artist, woodworker Jason Patterson. Using historical documents and meticulous research, Jason’s transformative work is centered around telling stories of African American history from his local community...

Along the side of I-93, Boston’s Southeast Expressway, stands one of the most iconic public artworks of the 20th century - commonly referred to as the “Rainbow Swash”.

From a small town in Iowa to the “City of Angels” and beyond, Corita Kent’s life and work pushed the envelope and expanded the boundaries of the art world. Kent’s artwork, mainly in the medium of serigraphy, challenged...

When we first heard about a team of designers that were using Blackwing pencils to sketch out projects on parchment paper placemats at an osteria in a small town in Italy, we knew we had to find out...

We teamed up with our friend and comic book writer and artist Kickliy to showcase the various steps in comic book creation from the penciling to the finished product.

Woody Guthrie, the dust bowl troubadour. Guthrie left an indelible mark on society, culture, politics, and the world through his music, art, and storytelling. This incredible portrait by artist Trevor Jamieson perfectly encapsulates Woody’s complexity and nuance and...