I am posting this bunch of used pens from Oakland to point out the dirty little secret in my line of business as the Pen Guy. The truth is that I often receive pencils along side the pens every once in a while and in fact was given a 1 gallon Ziploc bag filled with …
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Just got these used pens all the way from Bangkok Thailand, some 8263 miles away. Alex from the Raintree Village Apartments sent 10 pens and he now holds the record for longest distance traveled for donated pens. Used pens are not very photohenic so I decided to photoshop up the image with a little forest …
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This crazy pen sculpture shown at the San Francisco Dump Art Show is one my favorite pen sculptures created by resident artist Casey Logan in 2008.Its called “I Wish I Were Mark Twain”, made from (wood, acrylic paint, tons and tons of pens,..and Mark Twain’s soul???). Anyways a great use of a lot of pens …
Sitting inside the Mercedes PensPhoto by Cat Cutillo Photo by Cat Cutillo Video by Cat Cutillo Cat Cutillo an award winning photographer from San Fransisco recently interviewed me for a video project she was working for a class project. She also took a bunch of great photos that she incorporated into the video. The video …
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And speaking of pen donations for the million pen project, these used pens just came in from some faithful pen guy fans. Three envelopes with used pens were sent from San Diego, Detroit and the UK. The San Diego one came with two Pilot g2 pens and the one from the UK came in a …
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