Caroline Weaver: Why the pencil is perfect
Керолајн Вивер (Caroline Weaver): Зашто је оловка савршена
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,
доживљаја док користимо оловку,
audible scratchiness.
the Pencil]
with some layers of paint
и има слојеве боје,
clay and water.
of people over centuries
стотине људи током више векова
of collaboration
a very perfect object.
starts with graphite.
really useful applications
заиста корисне примене
or sheepskin or paper
by farmers and shepherds,
и фармери или пастири
of grinding the graphite,
метод дробљења графита,
and water to make a paste.
и водом да направи смесу.
into a mold and fired in a kiln,
и отпуштао у пећ,
a really strong graphite core
заиста тврдо графитно срце
that was smooth, usable --
које је било глатко и употребљиво -
that existed at the time,
што је постојало у то време,
that's still used in making pencils.
још увек користи за прављење оловака.
in Concord, Massachusetts,
у Конкорду у Масачусетсу,
who came up with the grading scale
скалу за оцењивање
hardness for general use.
идеална чврстина за општу употребу.
the more graphite it had in it,
има више графита у себи,
the line will be.
the more clay it had in it
има у себи више глине,
they were made round.
прављене ручно, биле су округле.
who really mechanized the craft.
који су механизовали овај занат.
to start developing actual machines
који је започео развој правих машина
cut grooves into the wood,
дрвених лајсни, усецање жљебова у дрвету,
it was easier and less wasteful
што им могу обрисати траг.
to scratch away pencil marks
Hymen Lipman patented the first pencil
патентирао прву оловку
ситуацију са оловкама.
was the KOH-I-NOOR 1500.
with 14 coats of yellow paint
четрнаестослојном жутом фарбом,
у четрнаестокаратно злато.
for being used by a lot of writers,
што ју је користило пуно писаца,
and Vladimir Nabokov.
the Dixon pencil company.
за производњу оловака „Диксон“.
for the Dixon Ticonderoga.
when they think of a pencil
када размишљају о оловкама
when they think of school.
када размишљају о школи.
a thing that, I think,
has never thought twice about,
никада није двапут размислио,
the way it is,
или зашто се тако прави,
that can be done
што се може учинити
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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