LOTI Pencil creator and wood sculptor Curtis Ingvoldstad made a 4-foot-tall wooden pencil sharpener that he hoists onto the tip with help from his friend John Daugherty, and the pencil gets pointy ...

To keep the point pointy, they haul a giant, custom-made pencil sharpener up the scaffolding that is erected for the event. Like a real pencil, this one is ephemeral. Every year they sharpen it ...

We can write a math problem, a to-do list. And that chance for renewal, that promise, people really seem to buy into and understand.” To keep the point pointy, they haul a giant, custom-made pencil ...