No Short Cuts

Studio Markunpoika turns hundreds of pencils into vases

Amalgamated, 2014

Pencils are utilized when giving form to our thoughts, illustrating our wishes and ideas. They are inseparably fused with craft and arts, representing diverse relationships between artist and their creations. Pencils are extensions of our minds which enable us to transmit information through different mediums and time, collecting knowledge and creating it. “Amalgamated” is a collection which explores the relationship of a mass produced ‘tool’ and its individual purpose. The beauty of the pencil as an object seems to go unnoticed if utilised only for their primary purpose. “Amalgamated” is a visual and tactile investigation by using pencils as a raw material. This holistic principle has been the fundament for creating this set of vases; let the pencils become a thing themselves. The vases are created by individually gluing one facet of a pencil to another, taking benefit of their hexagonal shape forming a network of pencils. The block of pencils is machined with a lathe and turned into the final shape. The flow of each shape unveils a different pattern of the inner structure revealing the beauty of the pencil. The vases are a limited edition and come in three different shapes: 30 cm and 45 cm tall with different color options. 30 cm edition of 30 45 cm edition of 18 Available exclusively through Gallery FUMI. /limited edition /2014 In collaboration with Gallery FUMI and Faber-Castell.

See how they’re made

WAIT A SECOND THIS IS A PENCIL SKETCH

MADE TO LOOK LIKE A THREE DIMENSIONAL DRAWING

OF A CARVED STATUE?

THIS IS BETTER THAN THAT BIC BALLPEN PHOTO OF THE GINGER GIRL GOING AROUND

THIS IS UN FUCKING REAL