Pencils made from cremated humans & Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

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Interesting idea, made all the better by some of the ridiculous comments. From the page: "It is this ethic, that the individual 'right' or choice is ultimate, which is one of the pillars of postmodernism. The choice for anything comes at the expense of everything else. But... more

Reviewed by Aora Aug 19 2008, 06:46am ( 73 reviews ) • drawn.ca

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Rated by amateur6 on Oct 21, 6:43pm

Here's an idea: Stumble the SOURCE project (not actually available for purchase, and it goes beyond the pencils, which you'd know if you read the source and not this little crappy blog posting): http://www.nadinejarvis.com/projects/carbon_copies
Rated by icneumone on Oct 20, 1:13am

What is the life expectancy of a pencil? I could probably die tomorrow and as a pencil i could last several days or years in a good drawing.
Rated by notkaliesmash on Aug 16, 11:10pm

it's an interesting idea but at the same time..."Why is it that the first thing I thought when I saw this post were the Nazis? This is a perfect example of post modernism at its worst. No distinction between the sacred and profane. Just because we can, doesn�t mean we should."
Reviewed by slobberknocker on Jul 21, 10:09am

why does this remind me of the movie soylent green... It's people. Pencils are made out of people. They're making our Pencils out of people. Next thing they'll be breeding us like cattle for Pencils. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!
Rated by kikaimaster on May 22, 11:23am

Fucked up. And i don't really like the idea of being "used". Let alone cremated.
Rated by aeris311 on May 16, 6:41pm

there's what i want.

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