A 20-foot-tall pencil sculpted out of a mammoth oak tree in Minneapolis gets sharpened each year for ... you see it in people’s work, or drawings, everything. So, it’s just so accessible ...

When a windstorm damaged a large oak tree in their yard several years ago ... everybody knows a pencil. We wanted it to be a little Andy Warhol-style pop art.” They contacted artist Curtis Ingvoldstad ...

Residents will gather Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil. The 20-foot-tall (6-meter-tall) pencil was sculpted out of a ...

So he and his wife, Amy Higgins, decided to turn it into art. They enlisted wood sculptor Curtis Ingvoldstad to transform it into a replica of a classic Trusty brand No. 2 pencil.

The giant pencil, known as the LOTI Pencil, will get its fourth annual sharpening on Saturday afternoon. The event kicks off another Minneapolis summer filled with outdoor art festivals and ...

John Higgins hosts an annual pencil sharpening event in Minneapolis, giving life to a unique wooden sculpture. John Higgins turned a damaged tree into a living work of art. Ad ...

So, in 2022, Mr Higgins and his wife Anne, commissioned chainsaw artist Curtis Ingvoldstad to sculpt the damaged tree into a living artwork, in the form of a 20-foot-tall No.2 pencil.

Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they follow relatively simple mathematical rules also found in branching patterns in nature.

Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they follow relatively simple mathematical rules also found in branching patterns in nature.