Stanford Pen Studio Jabulani Careless Whisper Graphite Hand-Painted Fountain Pen
This pen is lovingly used and does not come with a box or papers. It is equipped with a Steel Broad nib and fills via Cartridge Converter (included).
From Stanford Pen Studio:
Graphite Sketch by Brandon Lodewyk
Every now and then superlatives fail me. Brandon Lodewyk’s Careless Whisper, inspired by the saxophone intro to the famous George Michael song, is one such time. The mellow sax player, the way the music pours out of the instrument and down the pen then starts to encircle the supple dancer who is wearing only her pointe slippers … the butterflies that seem to stand proud of the pen as if embossed … We have been experimenting with Brandon to find a way for him to use his favorite medium – graphite – on one of our pens. It has been a difficult journey as most artists first paint an undercoat over our pen blanks and then paint and draw their designs on top of that. But Brandon’s ultra sharp pencils just sliced right through the paint. We tried several new materials until we settled on this one which allows him to use his favorite tools: pencils in 2B, 8B and 12B (!), as well as fine cotton tips and an electric eraser.
Brandon Lodewyk
Self-taught artist Brandon Lodewyk drew the Balance in pencil, ranging from 2B to 12B. (The photographs show the pen in ‘color’ and again in black and white, as the monochrome effect shows the details to better effect.) This pen was made by us at Stanford Pen Studio, illustrated by Brandon in graphite, then coated in a clear resin and given its final shape, polished, and buffed. We have added a black grip section, as well as a silver section ring, and our logo medallion (in silver) embedded in the cap finial.
Each of our hand-painted fountain pens is a 1/1 original work of art. No-one else will ever own an identical pen.
Jabulani Model
‘Jabulani’ means ‘Rejoice’ in Zulu, which is exactly what we feel about this fountain pen model. It is gently curvaceous, with a girth of 16 mm (0,6”), narrowing to a 11 mm (0,4”) grip section. The relatively large size of the model is to allow the artist sufficient space for their art. We make all our fountain pen and rollerball pen bodies in-house. Once the pen body has been painted or illustrated we coat it in a layer of clear resin to protect the artwork from being damaged during day-to-day use, making it a portable work of art.
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 screws on to the barrel and is flush with the barrel. As with all our pens the cap does not post as this is an art pen and with repeated posting the threads could leave a mark on the clear coating covering the artwork. The Jabulani model comes with a hand-crafted cap band and section ring in either argentium silver or bronze, depending on which of these materials best suits the artwork.
