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...

We had the opportunity to chat with Robert Brighton, award-winning author and creator of the Avenging Angel Detective Agency™ Mysteries and other acclaimed titles.

Limited edition Blackwing collection honoring famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The Blackwing 71 is a tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright and his architectural ambition.

We've teamed up with our friends at TRAVELER'S COMPANY to create a new capsule collection dedicated to our shared love for all things pencils and paper.

The new Blackwing 746 is a tribute to the Golden Gate Bridge. Each pencil features our firm graphite core and is finished with a special multi-layered technique to resemble the iconic International Orange color of the Bridge.

The Blackwing 746 is a tribute to the Golden Gate Bridge and other engineering wonders of the modern world.

Alembic has been handcrafting high-end basses and guitars in the California Bay Area for over fifty years. As part of our recent Blackwing 710 campaign, we sat down with Mica Wickersham Thomas, General Manager, to learn about the...

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.