A small selection of what I make when I'm not taking photos. Just a pure hobby, not a business. The Pens are made from Acrylic and rare woods that are responsibly sourced.

Another view of the Impressive Pen-Y-Ghent, near Horton in Ribblesdale, ....Yorkshire Dales UK

Never two days the same in the Yorkshire dales

Shot for Don Giannatti's Free Table Top Workshop.

Les bouchons de quelques crayons feutres de couleur ont tenu à s'exhiber pour montrer les pièges qu'ils peuvent proposer pour attraper quelques Araignées de Halloween. #Macro #MacroMondays #Holes

Call me 'old fashioned' but I still prefer my fountain pen to a ball point. HMM

I learned technical drawing at school with this kind of pens (Rotring Isograph).

The pens on the picture deliver lines of respective thicknesses 0.20mm (8 Mil), 0.35mm, 0.5mm and 0.7mm.

They could be a delight to use, delivering perfect lines with a constant thickness and a deep black color if you were in a good day.

They could also be a source of frustration and refuse to get enough ink on the paper... or drip on an almost finished drawing.

But with hindsight, this had mostly to do with how good you took care of them and how relaxed you were when using them. 😉

Amazing extra feature: you could erase mistakes once the ink had dried by carefully scratching the paper with a razor blade.

Pick Two, Monday June 29 2020 - Red and Pen - HDR of a Pilot V5 Hi-Techpoint 0.5

Start of the walk up to Pen-y-fan the highest point in South Wales

Winter in Brittany

My dear cousin Mark brought me home this quirky souvenir from his recent cruise. I guess it could be used in a home office so I thought to offer it for Office Supplies this week.

The background squared paper is from my menu calendar.

😄 HaPpY CrAzY Tuesday 😄

thank you for visits, faves and comments, much appreciated

Taken from Winskill stones.

Stationery for Macro Mondays group

A snow covered Pen-y-Ghent taken from just outside Horton in Ribblesdale.

For the SoS group: 'Feathers'

Feathers have been surrounding us for ages .... and through those ages we have used feathers in so many ways (and still do!) I've chosen just one, how feathers were used in writing.

"After thousands and thousands of years using reeds for pens, the quill pen was created in the 5-6th century in Seville, Spain. They were widely used, and the best ones were made from swan feathers, while poorer folk invested into goose feathers"

[The Wikiversity]

Have a happy Cliche Saturday too - and a sunny weekend 😊

Cliche and Smile on Saturday: Here

My Simple Pleasures set: Here

Everyday Things : Here

I'm not sure I have all these traits lol! Have a great day folks HSoS and keep on smiling ;0)

Pen-y-pass is a mountain pass in Snowdonia, Gwynedd, north-west Wales.

It is a popular location from which to walk up Snowdon, as three of the popular routes can be started here. Glyder Fawr, to the north, is also accessible from here.

Macro Mondays

Orange

67 mm wide

macro Mondays -Pick Two : Blue, Pen

Finistère (France)

.... For Macro Mondays theme "Perfect together".

Nib and top of a much beloved Pelikan sketch pen

As seen at the pen show in London this year. I came home with a couple of bottles of ink!

…second user with low shutter count which arrived yesterday.

As soon as I gave my original Pen F away, I regretted it. I still think the mono profile 2 results surpass the EM1 mk3 plus it’s a stunning retro design.

A maple gold plated pen

Pontsticill Reservoir, Brecon Beacons, looking towards Pen Y Fan.

Montblanc Skywalker

Cámara: Olympus PEN FT

Película: Kosmo Foto

ISO: 100

Velocidad Obturación: -

Apertura : -

Distancia Focal: 38 mm

Objetivo: Olympus E. Zuiko Auto-S 2.8 38mm (Pancake)

Datos Revelado

Revelador: Rodinal

Paro: Fomacitro

Fijador: Agfa Fix Ag

8’30” a 20º

Dilución 1:50

Agitación estándar

A pen made for my daughter, using an acrylic blank.

youtu.be/Pw940FiT_60

To see how I make them

Two cups of pens at my workstation ready for Monday morning, when I will be training 25 staff and then supporting them all week on a major transcription project.

Lots of different woods glued together for a harlequin pen.

Pont Pen y Llyn,

[ Pen y Llyn Bridge ] Brynrefail.

This stone bridge was built in 1826 to connect the Fachwen Slate Quarry to the Main Road from Caernarfon to Llanberis.

It has four arches and crosses the River Rhythallt, the outlet of Llyn Padarn.

Pen y Llyn means - " End of the lake "

Before the bridge was built, legendary strong woman Marged ferch Ifan used to row passed here when transporting copper ore

for 7km in her self-made boat.

Wild flowers at Pen y Llyn

In the long grass by the waters edge

Views from Pont Pen y Llyn.

On the bridge looking at the beautiful views.

More beautiful views and reflections at "Pont Pen y Llyn" Bridge, just underneath, down a few steps, to the side of the bridge to get this photograph

Looking puzzled by the ice of Upper Pen Pond.

Macro f/8.0

Pen Y Fan Mountain from Mynydd Illtud Common. The weather changes vey quickly in the mountains. This was taken a short time after the previous images and it became very cold!

Pens and Pencils