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Every once in a while, you run across a truly amazing piece of artwork. Sometimes it might be an oil painting, sometimes a work of sculpture. Sometimes, a piece of maki-e.
For the last few years, Classic Pens has begun focusing on the production of high end maki-e writing instruments. They've produced several unique designs, this is just one example of the results of their hard work. Beginning with a theme, Honeybees and their hive, the work was passed to Maki-e artists in Japan. This artists, Shogetsu, is (as you can see) extremely talented. Using a very high relief maki-e technique the artist portrays the bees in three dimensions, while the honeycomb is detailed on both cap and barrel using traditional maki-e methods. This combination of both flat and high relief techniques makes for a very complicated design, and one that is doubly difficult for the artist to complete. This labor is finished off with the artist's red seal signature and is numbered as 00/15. The current owner collects one of a kind and prototype pens, and was kind enough to allow us the opportunity to photograph this pen.
Copyright 2005 William Riepl Images copyright 2005 William Riepl
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The
pen illustrated in this article is produced By Classic Pens on the
Montblanc 149 pen. Long known as being a flagship among modern fountain
pens, the Montblanc 149 is an instantly recognizable icon in the world
of fine writing instruments.
