Making Pencils
Written by Karim Ariane Prin graduated in 2011 with a Masters from Royal College of Art (RCA), London. Also in 2011, she was shortlisted for the RCA’s Sustain Award for her “From Here For Here” projects. She has won or been a finalist in numerous design …
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The Pencil Maker
The African dawn was now ripe and about to fall open as the pencil maker took his early morning walk amongst the acacia trees in the arid savannah. He was searching, as he did every morning, for the most elegant twigs with which to craft …
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by Karim World Drawing Day (WDD) was this Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 A few days before WDD, I received this email from Allan Schwarz, founder of Mezimbite Forest Centre: Did you know that the 2nd of June is World Drawing Day ? How are we going …
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A career as a Foreign Service Officer posted to the African Continent can range from verybland to very colorful. It can range from pleasant and peaceful to dramatic and dangerous. It all depends which African country the foreign service assignment posting is in and what is occurring within …
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The Pencil Gift
Interview of artist Dalton Ghetti by Karim (photos by Sloan Howard) Forward by Olivia Ramsay “The pencil is a gift and a precious resource,” says pencil artist Dalton Ghetti. This is the type of thinking that sparked the mission of Pencils for Africa, where we gather …
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