I Feel Like Dancing painted fountain pen
ZAR8,500.00
Artist Carla Nel said painting this pen gave her a dancin’ in the shower vibe, with bubbles and the freedom to move like no one was watching. Mark Twain described this feeling perfectly:
“Dance like nobody is watching; love like you’ve never been hurt. Sing like nobody’s listening; live like it’s heaven on earth”
This is the second of three new painted pen blanks that Carla Nel sent us recently and our response was, Gee, Gosh, Wow!! We are blown away by her colours, her fresh inventiveness and the feelings her artworks evoke. Lana mixed a luscious plum resin for the section material and Dave added a silver cap band, section ring and logo medallion in the finial while he was making the pen.
Some people don’t realise that we make every fountain pen from scratch in our workshop in Stanford, South Africa, and that the artists paint directly on to the pen body … not on to a flat surface which is then transferred on to the pen somehow. So each pen takes many, many hours to make. Once the artwork is ready, we encase it in a clear resin, turning it into a portable, functional work of art.
Each of our hand-painted fountain pens is an original. No-one else will ever own an identical pen.
By the way, Carla is also open to requests for customised paintings on our fountain pens, so if you would like to suggest a theme, please let us know.
Nib:
Available in Jowo #6 in polished steel. Please select Fine, Medium or Broad at the check-out.
The Jabulani model
SPECIFICATIONS
This is a gently curvaceous model, with a girth of 16 mm (0,6”), narrowing to a 10,7 mm (0,4”) grip section. The relatively large size of the model is to allow the artist sufficient space for their artwork, and the artwork is encased in a layer of clear resin to protect it from getting damaged during day-to-day use. Our logo medallion is embedded in the cap finial which is ever-so-slightly rounded, and the barrel finial is ever-so-slightly conical. The cap is a flush-fit and does not post. The Jabulani model usually comes with a hand-made, cap band and section ring in either Argentium silver or bronze, though this may differ depending on what best suits the artwork. Custom hand-crafted roll stops can be added.
The Jabulani model
Dimensions:
| mm | inches | |
| Total length (closed) | 157 | 6,2 |
| Length (pen only no cap) | 141 | 5,5 |
| Diameter at widest point (excl. cap) | 16 | 0,6 |
| Width of section at narrowest point | 10,7 | 0,4 |
| Section length | 30 | 1,2 |
| Cap thread | 13 | 0,5 |
We supply our pens with a Jowo #6 nib, alternatively the section can be made to fit a Bock #6 if requested.
Refill type:
Standard international fountain pen converter (supplied) or ink cartridge.
SHIPPING
International shipping to your door via DHL Express is R350 and should take less than 10 days once despatched. Pens are securely packed.
Shipping within South Africa to your door is R60.
