Dear Everyone ~

I have stocked 20 colours of Lyra Colour Giants since
opening my shop almost five years ago,
and added Licorice and Espresso soon thereafter.
Allow me to share my admiration, even adoration,
of these incredibly photogenic more-than-mere-pencils,
including their marvelous metallic counterparts
and their luxurious luminous relatives.

I admit that swatching the Lyra colours is endlessly satisfying to me,
on all different kinds of paper, and in various colour combinations.
I also admit that I envisioned the long shelf of glass jars
of Lyra Colour Giants before I even opened the shop.
I have loved these pencils for many moons.
I kept my own assortment at home in a Japanese ceramic cup.
And I further admit that one of my favourite pastimes is
restocking the pencils in the shop. I love the way they feel,
and even the way they sound when they clink together in their jar.

Let me sing the praises of the Lyra Colour Giants:
They are creamy and highly pigmented. They are break resistant.
They sharpen to an excellent point, especially with the
m+r double brass sharpener. For those of us who prefer to have
our shavings collected and contained, the Double Dux sharpener
does the job divinely. The Lyra Colour Giants are substantial,
robust without being pretentious. They are surprisingly
popular and comfortable even for little hands.

When young customers come in, they scribble and draw
with great concentration, using the cup of sample pencils on the counter.
When they’ve finished, they tend to snatch their artwork to take home with them.
I find this so endearing. Some grown-ups have been known to doodle and draw
while they ponder their colour selections …
and then they offer me their oeuvre to keep.

When a customer (of any age!) purchases an entire set
(and this happens frequently), I package them in a Japanese or
hand-marbled bag I’ve folded. If you purchase the entire Lyra collection
(all 34 pencils!), then I will offer one of my cherished cigar boxes for presentation.

Lyra Colour Giants
Lyra Metallic
Lyra Luminous

In a riot of colour,

Bari