Caroline Weaver: Why the pencil is perfect
Каролайн Уивър: Защо моливът е идеален
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,
от усещането да ползваш молив,
audible scratchiness.
the Pencil]
за Молива]
with some layers of paint
clay and water.
of people over centuries
of collaboration
на сътрудничество,
a very perfect object.
starts with graphite.
really useful applications
все по-полезни приложения
or sheepskin or paper
by farmers and shepherds,
of grinding the graphite,
за стриване на графита,
and water to make a paste.
и вода на паста.
into a mold and fired in a kiln,
в матрица и се печала в пещ,
a really strong graphite core
здрава графитна сърцевина,
that was smooth, usable --
that existed at the time,
от всичко по това време
that's still used in making pencils.
който се ползва за правене на моливи.
in Concord, Massachusetts,
в Конкорд, Масачузетс,
who came up with the grading scale
му хрумнала идеята за измерителна скала
hardness for general use.
за обща употреба.
the more graphite it had in it,
толкова повече графит съдържа
the line will be.
толкова повече глина съдържа
the more clay it had in it
се правели на ръка, били цилиндрични.
they were made round.
who really mechanized the craft.
механизирали процеса.
to start developing actual machines
започнали да разработват машини
cut grooves into the wood,
летви, изрязване на вдлъбнатини в дървото
it was easier and less wasteful
и по-икономично
to scratch away pencil marks
Hymen Lipman patented the first pencil
Хаймън Липман патентовал първия молив
бил Кохинор 1500.
was the KOH-I-NOOR 1500.
with 14 coats of yellow paint
for being used by a lot of writers,
че се ползвал от много писатели,
and Vladimir Nabokov.
the Dixon pencil company.
for the Dixon Ticonderoga.
when they think of a pencil
като чуят молив
when they think of school.
a thing that, I think,
никога не се е замислял,
has never thought twice about,
the way it is,
that can be done
да се направи
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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