Caroline Weaver: Why the pencil is perfect
کارولین ویکر: چرا مداد بینقص است
Caroline Weaver owns CW Pencil Enterprise, a wood-cased pencil specialty shop in New York City. Full bio
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of the experience of using a pencil,
از تجربه استفاده از مداد است،
audible scratchiness.
the Pencil]
with some layers of paint
clay and water.
خاک رس و آب است.
of people over centuries
of collaboration
a very perfect object.
به یک شیء بینقص تبدیل میکند.
starts with graphite.
really useful applications
کاربردهای بسیار به درد بخوری
or sheepskin or paper
یا پوست گوسفند یا کاغذ میپیچیدند
by farmers and shepherds,
of grinding the graphite,
برای آسیاب کردن گرافیت،
and water to make a paste.
و تبدیل آن به یک خمیر پیدا کرد.
into a mold and fired in a kiln,
در کوره قرار میگرفت،
a really strong graphite core
that was smooth, usable --
و نرم و قابل استفاده بود --
that existed at the time,
که در آن زمان وجود داشت،
that's still used in making pencils.
که هنوز برای ساختن مداد استفاده میشود.
in Concord, Massachusetts,
در کونکورد ماساچوست،
who came up with the grading scale
که درجه بندی آسیاب را
hardness for general use.
برای مصارف معمولی بود.
the more graphite it had in it,
گرافیت بیشتری در خود داشت،
the line will be.
the more clay it had in it
خاک رس بیشتری داشت
they were made round.
گرد ساخته میشدند.
who really mechanized the craft.
که صنعت را مکانیکی کردند.
to start developing actual machines
cut grooves into the wood,
it was easier and less wasteful
که میشود آنها را پاک کرد.
to scratch away pencil marks
Hymen Lipman patented the first pencil
هایمن لیپمن الگوی اولین مداد
was the KOH-I-NOOR 1500.
with 14 coats of yellow paint
for being used by a lot of writers,
برای این معروف است
از آن استفاده کردهاند،
and Vladimir Nabokov.
the Dixon pencil company.
for the Dixon Ticonderoga.
when they think of a pencil
به مداد فکر میکنند به یادش میافتند
when they think of school.
فکر میکنند به یادش میافتند.
a thing that, I think,
has never thought twice about,
هرگز دو مرتبه درباره اینکه
the way it is,
این طور ساخته شده فکر نکرده،
that can be done
بهتر شود انجام داد.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Caroline Weaver - Author, pencil store ownerCaroline Weaver owns CW Pencil Enterprise, a wood-cased pencil specialty shop in New York City.
Why you should listen
Grown from a lifelong interest and opened in 2015, Caroline Weaver's shop has garnered the attention of the New York Times, Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal and many other publications for its faithful dedication single object and its playful design. Weaver is also the author of The Pencil Perfect: the Untold Story of a Cultural Icon, a book on pencil history published by Gestalten in 2017.
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