Blackwing Volume 55 Pencils – The Golden Ratio (Set of 12)

Tribute to the Golden Ratio. Features a design inspired by the Fibonacci sequence and contains Blackwing’sbalanced graphite.

The Golden Ratio is a mathematical ratio often found in nature, art, and design. It gives the world around us composition and symmetry that, for reasons we dont fully understand, we find beautiful. It appears in the spiral of a seashell, the uncurling of a fern, and many other natural structures. When applied to the arts, it becomes a tool for creating balanced, organic works.

The Golden Ratio can be heard in the arrangements of Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach. It can be felt in the syllabic patterns of Sanskrit poetry. It can be seen in the works of artists and architects from Salvador Dali to Frank Lloyd Wright. It can even be applied in your day to day life by framing a portrait using photographys Rule of Thirds.

The Blackwing 55 celebrates the Golden Ratio. Its a reminder to slow down and savor the beauty around us. Each pencil contains ourbalanced graphiteand features a design inspired by the Fibonacci sequence, a series of numbers that approximate the Golden Ratio. The width of each color block is the sum of the widths of the previous two color blocks: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, & 55. We designed it in millimetersand then scaled the designup to 1:1.175 ratio to fit the canvas of the pencil. A simple formula with a magnificent result.

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