17 Essential Plant Nutrients – Basic and Macronutrients

Blackwing Vol. 17 examines the beauty of gardening. Gardening allows us to maintain a meaningful practice and an outlet to interact with the world around us and bring new life into our ecosystems. As we watch plants grow, visual cues often…

Introducing Blackwing Vol. 17 – The Gardening Pencil

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Blackwing 17 examines the mindful practice of gardening. Each pencil features an earth-toned color palette: olive green finish, dark brown ferrule and imprint, and burgundy eraser

Blackwing Artist Series Notebooks

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We’ve teamed up with award-winning creators and Blackwing Makers, Leslie Hung, Florian Bertmer, Andrea Sorrentino & Jeff Lemire, to create 3 limited-edition Slate Notebooks featuring their original work.

Blackwing Music Showcase at AMERICANAFEST 2023

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Join us at AMERICANAFEST in Nashville, TNon 9.21.23 for an intimate performance featuring Willy Tea Taylor, Johnny Irion &other special guests!

Introducing Blackwing Vol. 57 – Jean-Michel Basquiat Pencils

The Blackwing 57 is a tribute to Jean-Michel Basquiat and his boundary-pushing art. The number 57 is a reference to 57 Great Jones Street in New York City, where Basquiat created some of his best-known works.
IBD Pencils & Box

Blackwing x Independent Bookstore Day 2023 Retailer Locator

Celebrate independent bookstores across the country with the limited-edition Independent Bookstore pencils! This year, the celebration goes beyond Independent Bookstore Day and honors these stores every day. These pencils are available exclusively…
Vol 20 Pencils with box

Introducing Blackwing Vol. 20

Lore Master: The History of Tabletop Gaming – Part 1

Though tabletop games may seem like a modern pastime with popular choices like Scrabble and Settlers of Catan, their origins stretch back before written history. The first known examples of gaming and game pieces were crude dice found in archaeological…
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Blackwing Vol. 20: Tabletop Gaming – Behind the Design

The Blackwing Volume 20 pencil celebrates tabletop gaming and the cherished moments they create. The design for this special edition takes inspiration from the polyhedron 20-sided dice used in popular tabletop roleplaying games such as Dungeons…

5 Ways to Unplug for the Global Day of Unplugging

Why unplug? What began as an awareness campaign initiated by non-profit group Reboot about the mental health benefits of long-term smartphone use in 2009 has grown into a worldwide phenomenon known as the Global Day of Unplugging (formerly…