Video of World's Largest Pencil
2007-09-25 02:37 AM | Posted by Tejvan Pettinger | Permanent Link | ashrita
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The Giant Pencil ! - 76 Feet
When I was in New York for Sri Chinmoy's birthday celebrations, I was able to watch an unusual event occur. - The making of the world's largest pencil!. It took 2 weeks to make and we saw it being put together with huge amounts of wood, graphite and even a giant rubber. Ashrita said the most difficult thing was getting a big enough piece of graphite. Apparently the graphite rods they found are used in nuclear power stations.
Ashrita said:
"The pencil was made to honour the extraordinary creativity of Sri Chinmoy, so we wanted to make an extraordinary writing implement."
Sri Chinmoy made a drawing from the pencil, by moving a sheet of paper. The pencil was then lifted up by a crane, towering above the local shops.
The pencil is now destined for a museum in New York.
Video of pencil being made at Sri Chinmoy TV
There is a pencil museum in Kendal
