Ana already covered the Chicago Pen Show, but I wanted to chime in with my experiences and of course the things I picked up! I spent most of my weekend behind the Vanness Pen Shop table working, so I didn’t get the chance to wander the show floor and take photos. I took almost no…
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Arkansas Pen Show Recap 2019
Review by Laura Cameron Last weekend I had the great fortune to get to accompany Ana to the Arkansas Pen Show. I went to help her work her booth, and help other vendors out in general, and of course to look and shop! We drove down to Arkansas on Thursday and arrived late in the…
Eye Candy: Hippocampus Zine
The folks at Paper Seahorse sent over their zine Hippocampus ($10) for me to check out and its quite a treat. It’s full of paper-related pieces printed on thick, high-quality paper. Inside, are lovely enclosures like an origami pencil, a quote card, and stickers. There’s even a tutorial or two and a piece by Michael Sull.…
Always Be Knolling
While researching a documentary on designer and photographer Herbert Matter, The Visual Language of Herbert Matter*, I went down a bit of a rabbit hole. Matter was the designer and photographer for Knoll furniture for many years, among his many notable career achievements. But what lead me to typing up this post was that I…
Eye Candy: Pen People are the Best
I don’t often get a chance to thank the wonderful people in the pen community for all that they do for us here at The Desk but I thought today would be a good time to thank you all for your kindness. At pen shows, readers of the blog, folks who have heard me on…
Eye Candy: Heidi Swapp Memorydex Card Tray
I’ve been on the lookout for alternative options for Rolodex rotary card files for the Col-o-dex cards ($15) because I know that they are hard to come by, expensive and large. I stumbled across the Heidi Swapp Memorydex Desktop Card Tray box which is considerably smaller and considerably less expensive (just $9.54 Prime at the moment).…
Eye Candy: X-Files Pencils
Loot Crate had an exclusive set of X-files pencils ($2.80) a few months back that featured quotes from the series. While I am not a subscriber of the pop culture box service, I was informed that it was fairly easy to grab a set on eBay so I scurried over and for less than $10,…