January 2026

Pen Display Rack

A pen rack made of walnut hardwood with two parallel angled vertical pieces connected by three flat cross members. The front-facing edges are serrated to hold 10 pens. The two front-facing cross members are inlaid with an off-center Celtic spiral made of padauk hardwood. The rack contains ten Retro 1951 pens (curvy, retro-future design shape with knurled twist-to-open tops, pen clips, in a variety of materials and finishes). Three-quarters left-side view.

I made a walnut pen rack with inlaid padauk off-center Celtic spirals to wrangle the growing collection of Retro 1951 pens on my desk.

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Celtic art laser woodworking

Dip Pen Stand

A green glass acrylic dip pen stand made with a curved strip bolted to a roughly trapezoidal base. A notch accommodates the shoulder of the pen at the top while a circular cut-out at the bottom keeps it from sliding. The elegran dip pen in the stand is violet with a clear tip. It sits next to a bottle of violet ink on a tray with a mother-of-pearl bottom and black sides.

I made a stand for my Jacques Herbin glass dip pen with laser-cut pieces of green glass acrylic and a custom heat bending form.

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