Blackwing Blog

We partnered with luthier and Blackwing Maker Butch Boswell of Boswell Guitars on a custom guitar build. The guitar features a Tunnel 13 redwood top, brass accents, and a special rosette that includes actual Blackwing pencils. Learn more about...

We had the pleasure to sit down with guitar maker and craftsman, Butch Boswell, to talk about the intricate processes of his trade, tools he can’t live without, and much more.

“All that you can write is what you can see” is written at the bottom of the original manuscript for what is now known as “This Land is Your Land.” Woody Guthrie’s seminal masterpiece started as six verses...

Woody Guthrie’s life could be chronicled in so many ways through his songs, through the artists that he inspired, and also through the collection of notebooks, ledgers, and correspondences that he left behind.

Woody Guthrie is known for many things and, throughout his prestigious career, he was known by many names. The most famous moniker, “The Dust Bowl Troubadour,” was appointed to Guthrie after the release of his seminal album, Dust...

The Blackwing 223 is a tribute to Woody Guthrie and his immutable optimism. Each pencil features a design inspired by This Land’s “ribbon of highway,” “endless skyway” and “golden valley.” The matte black ferrule and earth-toned eraser are...

We had the opportunity to sit down with author and illustrator Lindsay Gardner to talk about art, her sources of inspiration, and her new book, Why We Cook: Women on Food, Identity, and Connection. Lindsay sketched every original illustration...

In the middle of a frigid January in 1961, 19-year Bob Dylan embarked on a road trip from Minnesota to New York City with little more than a guitar and suitcase.