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Writer Dave Eggers’s pencil – see The Guardian’s review for a sneak peek inside the book

"The collection varies from artist Tracy Emin’s slightly blunted black and yellow Staedtler Noris pencil (like the ones you used to have at school) to inventor Sir James Dyson’s mechanical metal instrument. What the viewer deduces from the beautifully shot magnifications is up to them (which leaves us wondering if we should we be concerned about teeth-mark smothered pencil stub owner David Shrigley)."

"Appreciation should be given to the pencil whilst we have the opportunity, because of its potentially short lifespan. As the lead repeatedly snaps and millimetre after millimetre is shaved off its length, the pencil edges closer to its bin-liner fate, soon to be forgotten while its marks are remembered. As fashion photographer, and aggressively sharpened red pencil owner, David Bailey reflects; ‘maybe it’s part of the pencil’s charm that it breaks’ suggesting that the affection for the traditional wooden implement persists, despite its shortcomings."
 
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