Spencerian Pens: Beautiful Condition Antique Stationer's Pen Nib Case, Chock Full handmade antique puppet 72 here blocks total

72 here blocks total

I really could not resist this old student drawing on board of a very serious "Bert" to the rescue

using these combs to rake the surfaces creating wood grain effects and variegated color on the wood surfaces

her head measures 1 1/4" tall

Spencerian Pens: Beautiful Condition Antique Stationer's Pen Nib Case, Chock Full handmade antique puppet 72 here blocks totalAnother find this week on a loop through central and mid coast Maine that brought pure joy and delight and quite a lucky find, too, I think a stationer's display box, completely filled with a spectrum of variously sized and shaped pen nibs! For me, I look at this in part as a fantastic found object: a near perfect embodiment of the power and possibilities of the pen, and endless potential of the written word, and language in general (including