Archive for Mercedes Pens
Posted by costas on October 19, 2007
This is the most recent photo of the Mercedes Pens with additional pens glued to the sun roof. It was shot at the marina in Berkeley during Art Car Fest 2007 on the last day after How Berkeley can you be parade. Harrod Blank author of the Art cars book asked me if he could take pictures of the car.
Also there was a recent article by Len Vinas and Jessica Barcenilla posted in the Golden Gate Xpress called Drivin’ me wild. It features the Mercedes Pens, Darwin, Eartha Karr and the Sashimi Tabernacle Choir Artcars at the recent Artcar fest 2007. Check the multimedia button on the upper right hand corner.
Posted by costas on September 13, 2007
I just finished the new Pen Guy Hard Hat 2.0. Now that I can bend Gel Pens
with my (mind, I wish) heat gun I can do any curved surface. The corners of my bumbers need some pens, which I will get to in the next 14 days. I also have three more door panels to go.
Posted by costas on September 7, 2007
Memorial day monday I completed the Mercedes Pens interior using AstroTurf Type Fake Grass. I Bought a nice 6×9 piece from Home Depot, and with enough hot glue and staples I lined each interior panel and the carpet with it. Took me all afternoon by I did it, and sure beats that nasty old grey dirty carpet that the car came with.
I also finished decorating my dashboard with all the nice pens. A little velcro on the back of each pen allows it to stick to the cover.
And a special thanks to Mark who not only put a link to his blog epromos blog but sent me a box of really nice Zig Zag Lite Pen. I gave them all away and then one day they will all come back, empty:)
Posted by costas on August 3, 2007
Here is the driver side door panel witch I decided to paint over because the “Mercedes Grey” wasn’t working for my mood. Grey is fine if the rest of the car is grey and your into that sort of drab depressing color. Since my car now is a tad more cheery than that, I decided to paint. This scene has got to be my favority, calm peacefull, full of posibilities. It also represnents growth and hope for the future. The next step is to create a tree created by benting pens with a heat gun and glued right over this scene. I started yesterday and I hope to have this beauty mounted back on the door by the end of the week. Stay tuned.
Also a big hello to my new audience over there in Germany, and Hungary. If any one can tell me what the lady on the video is saying about my car in German, on ehrensenf interenet tv please le me know. I am also looking for more pens so if you have any you want donate please send them to:
The Pen Guy
2425 Mendocino Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
The New Pen Donation Address is:
The Pen Guy – P.O.Box 994 – Forestville, CA 95436
. I wanted to see how much further I could take my art using pens. And this time I was able to go a step further by combining acrylic painting as a backdrop for the 3D pen sculpture mounted on the door. One down three more doors to go.