OK,
maybe I’m a sucker for eye candy. So shoot me. I bought Atelier Caran D’Ache: the Workshop Book knowing full well that it would be an overpriced
promotion for the Swiss art materials company. But I couldn’t resist.
As
you may know from some of my reviews, such as of Prismalo colored pencils, I am interested in (OK, a total geek of)
the history of my favorite materials. I was hoping this book might shed light
on some dark corners of Caran d’Ache colored pencil history. Nope. But it does
deliver on the promised eye candy.
Most
chapters cover the major product lines: graphite, colored pencils, fiber pens,
watercolors, gouache, acrylic and modeling clay. Other chapters offer techniques
and ideas, including some unusual innovations. These chapters do not include
step-by-step instructions but simply photographs of works in progress. A final gallery
shows works made with Caran d’Ache products.
There
is a chapter on company history, including a timeline, but nothing illuminating
to this geek.
On
my bucket list is to someday travel to Geneva and tour the Caran d’Ache colored
pencil factory. This is mostly a fantasy, as I’ve heard that Caran d’Ache does
not offer public tours. In case this bucket list item is not fulfilled, the
book does offer a few photographs of the colored pencil manufacturing process.
It’s not Geneva, but it will have to do. For now.
You should get your fill with this!
ReplyDeleteNaaahhh.... I'll never get my fill of colored pencils! ;-)
DeleteHi! I've found your blog recently and my colour pencil geekiness is getting its fill :D
ReplyDeleteA question: does this book explain what was Supracolor I? Or do you know? Because only information about Supracolor II can be found. Thanks!
Oh, man -- that is the question of the day for colored pencil geeks: What the heck was Supracolor I, and does it actually exist? No, the book does not answer it! An eBay vendor once told me that Supracolor I was harder than II. But I have yet to get my hands on some I's to test that! You'll be the first to know if I ever do! ;-)
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