The Blackwing 93 pencil and matching Blackwing 93 Slate Notebook are a tribute to Corita Kent and her message to slow down and find gratitude in the everyday. Each pencil features one of the six colorful brushstrokes that make up Coritas iconic rainbow swash. Commissioned in 1971, the rainbow swash adorns a 140-foot-tall natural gas storage tank along Interstate 93 in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

• Blackwing Volume 93
• Tribute design to Corita Kent
• 12 Exagonal pencils
• Soft Graphite
• The set includes two pencils in each colour design
• White Blackwing eraser

Corita Kent

Corita Kent was an educator, artist, and social justice advocate who believed that art could be a tool for dialogue, reflection, and change.

While chair of the Art Department at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles, Corita asked her students to engage in slow looking exercises. Using a paper viewfinder tool that simulated the experience of using a camera, her students were able to select, isolate, and examine the details of the world around them. This resulted in piles of drawings that taught the students how to slow down and see the world with a fresh perspective.

This message of being present and curious permeated through every chapter of Coritas life and work. From the 1950s until her death in 1986 her art progressed from modernist interpretations of traditional religious subjects to pop-infused political statements and introspective examinations.