Thousands of Cheering Spectators Gather to Watch This 20-Foot-Tall No. 2 Pencil Get Sharpened After a 2017 windstorm toppled the crown of their oak tree in Minneapolis, John and Amy Higgins hired ...

More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil.

A Minneapolis couple hosts an annual ritual to sharpen a 20-foot pencil, turning storm damage into a joyful celebration of renewal, art, and community unity ...

The 20-feet-tall pencil was sculpted out of a mammoth oak at the home of John and Amy Higgins in Minneapolis.

A 20-foot-tall pencil sculpted out of a mammoth oak tree in Minneapolis gets sharpened each year for an annual ritual.

Throngs of people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil.

MINNEAPOLIS – When is a pencil not just a pencil? When it’s on John and Amy Higgins’ lawn across from Lake of the Isles, is 20 feet tall and gets an annual public sharpening that draws ...

When it’s on John and Amy Higgins’ lawn across from Lake of the Isles, is 20 feet tall and gets an annual public sharpening that draws crowds of more than 1,000 people.

Now, I love a good design in its own right, but the tech angle here lies deep as Corcoran – who goes by Amanda Grace Design – uses an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, and Procreate to do it all.

Using only a pencil or an airbrush, she can capture a likeness with such clarity that you could be forgiven for believing you are looking at a photograph. Her attention to detail and precision of each ...

The actress was wearing a black pencil skirt with a sexy thigh high slit and a plaid cardigan, shredded into fringe at the hem. It featured a turtleneck and cutouts across her shoulders and chest.