Designs
I create my own different styles for those who are looking for something very different and unique, to feel inspired, to impress and to enjoy.
Overtime I developed my own methods to create the pens sharing the passion of lovely usable artwork. A lot of the work involves gathering knowledge of lost skills.
My pens are between 14 to 15.3mm in diameter and usually between 137.5mm to 140mm in lenght. After two years I was able to create pens without any glues, the pens are held together by compression and can contain up to 25 parts. Occasionally I use shellac for small inserts.
The metal decorations are turned by myself on the lath and as much as possible held together on the pen by compression. It's requires working to a tolerance of 0.05mm to join the parts such that friction keeps it together.
I make the pen tubes myself which fits nicely and to be used as a carrier. I do not provide luxery pen boxes which are usually disappearing in a cupboard, A pen tube makes more sense and is more ecological. Since June 2023 I had to make a change no longer selling the pen tubes as included with the pens due to the rising costs, it is now an optional purchase.
One feature of the designs is that I try to use phi ratio's as a base for the designs and a set of base numbers. Phi is a special number which makes it rather easy to find a balance between different parts pleasing the eye. And it is fun to play with numbers.
I specialize in more robust designs which also brings out the wonderful textures and colours of the precious materials. There are many ways to make a fine product, a lot is based on experimenting, sensing, sound, feel, how it cuts, even smells.
In my designs I use currently no clips, I'm planning to design my own roll stoppers and other decorative metals on top of the pen body besides the usual embedded materials such as rings and wire designs, but this is still in development. Pens are made as a unique single design or in small series. Each item is handmade and sold as an unique pen even when a small edition was made of the same model.
I'm always exploring new ideas but try to come with something unique, which is very hard given that worldwide there are over ten's of thousand designs available. Who would ever thought you can create so many designs based on a simple structure as a pen. And yet there is always room for a few more new designs.
Hand work, no mass production
The products are made in small batches. I only have a small few in the webshop and make them on demand. That way I can follow the demand, and maintain a more ecological way of producing.
