from Blackwing of the USA

Composition notebook - A5 LINED

• cardstock cover with deign inspired by one of Woody Guthrie's personal composition books

• 160 dotted pages (80 sheets)

• 6mm lined ruling

• Woody Guthrie signature and Blackwing logo on back cover

• thread-bound - book opens flat

• 80gsm ivory paper

• black ribbon page marker / bookmark

• 14.8 x 21cm 

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Blackwing pencils were used by award-winning creators throughout the 20th century. Despite a cult following, they fell victim to cost cutting measures in the 1990s and were discontinued, but not forgotten. Analog-minded devotees began paying a smuch as US$40 for a single pencil. the brand was acquired in 2010 and the Blackwing brought back for a growing culture of artists, musicians and everyday people looking to unplug and live mindfully.

In 2015 The Blackwing Volumes were launched to celebrate the people, places and events that have defined creative culture.

Volume 223 celebrates Woody Guthrie and his immutable optimism. 

"All you can write is what you see."

On February 23, 1940, Woody Guthrie scribbled these words at the bottom of a lyric. Above them was a song he had just written about the inequality he witnesses in his travels across the United States. This Land is Your Land would go on to become one of the most poignant and iconic folk songs in history.

Woody is often depicted in sepia tones reminiscent of the Dust Bowl, but his artistic palette extended much further. He filled composition notebooks and day planners with sketched, poems and paintings on his countless journeys. His art was playful and vibrant, despite its often gritty content. He described his fusion of old compositions and new ideas as a mashup of "what is" and "what could be." Woody believed we could be better, and used his creations to inspire people to believe the same.