Pen Guy makes it on the Smithsothian Blog

Girl in her toy pen car
My youngest daughter gets her very own Pen Ride

Wow how cool is that, I made it on the Smithosian Channel with a great article called Recycle Your Pens by Andrea Michnik. Great Job!!I have been taking it easy lately but have continued to collect pens often wondering what the next step will be. Just today I got charged up again and determined in my mind that I needed to get a hold of more pens. The funny thing is that this article came out for the world to see and know that I am man on the hunt for the worlds supply of old pens. Funny how things work out for good in the grand scheme of things.

I don’t know why I got in my head to do this and put it out there, but sometimes you have to follow that inspiring dream and not worry about the how. The journey is much more important than the end result and so far this journey has been amazing. I have met so many people who I would never had met if not been for the Mercedes Pens Art Car.

The only real plan for now is to just keep going, collecting and going after my dream. I do need all the help I can get and that is why I need you out there to collect and send in those pens. At some point I will need building space to house all these pens, to sort and begin the process of transforming these old pens into art and other useful stuff. I will need supplies, expertise, funds and a vast network of people who have caught the vision and want to be a part of something really big and at the very least, a pretty darn interesting experiment.

Pen Guy Appearances Since 2005-2007

Sept 27-30 – ArtCar fest 07

Jan 10 – Windsor Christian Academy – Appearance, and Talk

Feb 22 – The Rose Benefit Consert – MC Main Event

March 02 – Sebastopol Christian School – Appearance, and Talk

April 9 – Appearance at Sebastopol Elementary

April 28 – Sebastopol Apple Blossom Festival Parade

May 19,20 – Maker Fair 2007 – San Mateo California

June 2 – Forestville Parade 9:00am- Forestville California

June 2 – American Cancer Society Benefit at
Little Switzerland – 19080 Riverside St. Sonoma CA
7:30 p.m. – Comedy Appearance
email [email protected] or call (707) 815-1278 for more info

September – Art Car Fest 2007

Sat 10/28/06 – Appearance to glue pens on the Pen Car
Redwood Covenant Church – Harvest Fair – Free

Friday 10/27/06 – Appearance to glue pens on the Pen Car
City Life Community Center – Harvest Fair – Free
2425 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa CA 6-9pm All are welcome

Sat 10/21/06 – Appearance to glue pens on the Pen Car
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Creations & Explorations
Art, Science & Technology 10am to 5pm
Admission, $5 Adult, $2 Child.

Thu 10/05/06 – Speaking – Windsor Christian Academy

Sun 09/17/06 – Parading at the How Berkeley can you be – Parade
Sat 09/16/06 – Appearance at the San Jose Museum of Art 10am to 5pm
Sat 09/02/06 – Event Appearance – Glue Pens on the Car
Northbay Christian Faith Center – harvest Fair 1-3 pm

Sat 08/26-06 – Appearance glue pens on car at City Kids Festival – Juliard Park 10am – 4pm

Fri 07/21/06 – On the Air at the Candle
Sat 07/15/06 – MC Concert at San Quentin

Fri 06/16/06 – Appearance – Giving Tree Family BBQ
Sat 06/03/06 – Forestville Parade – First place (Single Adult Category)
Fri 06/02/06 – Appearance glue pens on car – Piner Olivet School

Sat 05/29/06 – Appearance Stand up comedy – ROASTED

Sat 04/31/06 – Try Tips – fundraiser for City Kids festival
Tue 04/21/06 – Appearance 2 Foster homes for kids – Novato

11/05 – Speaking Appearance – Sepastopol Christian School

The Pen Guy appearing at Maker Faire 08

This year I will be attending Maker Faire 08 on May 4th and 5th of 2008 in San Mateo California. I also go my new web cam so I can begin to produce my weekly Pen Guy Show I’ve wanted to do for sometime now. I’ll be talking about all kinds of stuff, cool pens, events, positive messages that will hopefully encourage you to go out and follow your dreams.

Harmony Festival 07 was a great weekend!

I was there for three days hanging out and getting help gluing pens on the Mercedes pens. This time around I wrote names on the pens before gluing them on the car. The car now is 95% covered with pens so all I have to do is cover the inside and convert the PVC tubes into pens. Met some really interesting folks who came by the car. One of them was none other than Congressman Dennis Kucinich, who came right up to me and said “Nice Car”. Of course I had to take a picture, because how often does a presidential candidate comes up to go and compliments you on your art car. Never heard of it, ever.

Also got call from Jesse who wants to do a show about the Mercedes Pens and post it on his vlog wow cool show. I will meet with him next week sometime to shoot an episode about the car. The funny thing is that sometime ago I mentioned that I wanted to do a regular show, maybe this will help me get started. Stay tuned.

Mercedes Pens at Harmony Festival 2007

I am happy to announce that I will be appearing at the Harmony Festival 2007 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds June 8,9,10. I will be located in the Kids Zone gluying pens on the Mercedes Pens with a little help from those of you who come by. My newly constructed PVC instrument will be open for any of you who want to play with it. If you have any dead pens you would like to donate please feel free to drop them off. See you there.