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 don’t 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 photography’s “Rule of Thirds.”
The Blackwing 55 celebrates the Golden Ratio. It’s a reminder to slow down and savor the beauty around us. Each pencil contains our balanced graphite and 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, & 55mm). A simple formula with a magnificent result.

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As you likely already know... Our physical store in Biltmore Village was completely destroyed in the Flood Disaster.
We are working diligently to recreate our brick and mortar store, and
we are building up our online store, as well. Here you will find a
Curated Group Of Offerings (there to the right) OR you can scroll downwards here on our HOME PAGE to find more specific shopping links being added daily!
If you don't see what you're looking for please just let us know and we'll arrange getting it to you. Since it's likely that we have it in stock but it's simply not up on our site yet. Please keep checking back as
you will find something new each time you do. We should have our
site completely finished very soon!
We have, also, set up a Go Fund Me site for donations here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/join-us-in-restoring-a-beloved-local-haven