Pen Making So I has a commission which I have been worried about. It combines using a material I am not wholly familiar with and adding on a skill that I have yet to try out. When I am learning new skills like that I tend not to charge the client extra. The way I figure it is that I shouldn’t charge someone for being … Continue reading Pen making update Y2 W6: No clever title, no song lyrics, just wispy clouds

Pen Making So after launching the shop area of my website last week I realised that I am missing some designs, this is either because I have sold them or I have just not got around to making more of them. The Eris model for example is a very subjective model as it’s main feature is the carved shape or pattern into the end of … Continue reading Pen making update Y2 W4: Pens in Isolation

Ok you get bonus points if you can get which song the titles lyrics are from. So my isolation ended just in time for my work to decide to shut down so there will be no work for me for the foreseeable future. I can get into the workshop and make some pens while trying to forget about financial worries. Pen Making As I just … Continue reading Pen making update Y2 W3: Tournament, a tournament of lies. Offer me solutions, Offer me alternatives and I decline.

So, it seems we are back to song lyrics for titles, this one I am fond of, I will make a pen themed to this band. Bonus points if you get the song and artist right. So I have been diagnosed with the illness which is currently ravaging the world, not good, but I feel ok in myself. Luckily I don’t have any underlying problems. … Continue reading Pen making Update Y2 week 2: In times of turmoil, in times like these, beliefs contagious, Spreading disease.

Pen making So I started work on another pen this week. It’s a simple design, a cigar shape with a standard section made out of a lovely green blank and black ends and section. The end of the cap is made of black casein and the section along with the end of the barrel are made from ebonite, that was simply because I originally intended … Continue reading Weekly Pen Making Update Year 2 Week 1: The Show Must Go On