When is a pencil more than just a pencil? When it’s the 20-foot tall (about six metres) LOTI Pencil on John and Amy Higgins’ ...

After a 2017 windstorm toppled the crown of their oak tree in Minneapolis, John and Amy Higgins hired artist Curtis Ingvoldstad to transform their beloved tree into a giant pencil sculpture ...

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Throngs of people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic ...

To keep the point pointy, they haul a giant, custom-made pencil sharpener up the scaffolding that is erected for the event. Like a real pencil, this one is ephemeral. Every year they sharpen it ...

The giant pencil, known as LOTI Pencil, will get its fourth annual sharpening on Saturday afternoon. The event kicks off another Minneapolis summer filled with outdoor art festivals and (hopefully ...