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 and it hangs nicely. originally uploaded by dumpsterdiversanonymous.
This box came to me me wrapped in blue wrapping paper all the way from Sweet Home Oregon with a great story. The box came wrapped in blue paper and once I tore open the box I found this great note sent in by Jill.
“Dear Pen Guy,
A good friend of mine who is 85 years old recently had to move away from his home to go stay with his children. Once he was moved out I was asked to clean the house to get it ready for its new owners. In the back corner of a closet I found this box, and when I opened it I saw more pens than I had ever seen before in one place! It was amazing! It seemed that for the past 10 years or so he had kept every pen he had ever owned, even after it had run out of ink.
I hope these can be used in your artwork. I know my friend will be happy to know that all his old pens went to a good place:)”
Thanks for what you do!
-Jill W.
Wow what a great story, I think that has to be the first one of its kind. I was thinking about it the other day and I realized that every pen has a story to tell. Imagine if you could capture all the things that were written, from the mundane shopping list to the life changing invention. I think it would be great if people started sending their pens and a story written about it.
