In this episode of MADE HERE, we’re taking you through the pencil-making production process—from colored pencils, to sketching pencils, and the everyday classic pencil. The beloved writing tool begins ...

If you’re a fan of calming ASMR, you’re in for a real treat. In this episode of MADE HERE—filmed at the Voskresenskaya Pencil Factory, about 50 miles southwest of Moscow—we’re taking you through the ...

The standard pencil begins when a cedar is cut down. Ropes and gear tug it onto the bed of a truck or a rail car. Think of the countless people and skills involved in mining ore to produce steel and ...

A class of fifth-graders from Green Acres Elementary in Lebanon, Ore., asked us to find out how pencil lead is made. That quest took us all the way back to the dawn of the universe and then all the ...