Palomino Blackwing Volume 3 Set of 12 Pencils Limited Edition

In June of 1966, George Harrison met Ravi Shankar in Bath, England. Harrison asked Ravi to teach him how to play the sitar, a task Ravi agreed to only after considerable hesitation. Their collaboration resulted in an explosion in the popularity of classical Indian music and culture in the United States and around the world.

Blackwing Volume 3 is a tribut to Ravi Shankar for his 100th Birthday. Every pencil features an extra-firm graphite core and its design get inspired by one of Ravi's iconic sitars.

The pattern features the symbol ॐ (Om), a sacred Sanskrit symbol with three phonetic components that correlate to the walking, dream and the unconscious states of being.

Translated from Hindi, Ravi means Sun and the gold design of Blackwing Volume 3 is a meditation on the light he brought through his music and spirit.