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This is where we will feature some of the various special events and displays that will be at the show. Over the coming months it will change on a regular basis.
| FOUNTAIN PEN REPAIR | |
| Dr.LAURENCE
OLDFIELD & Dr. JIM MARSHALL The pen doctors Jim and Laurence are renowned around the world for their knowledge and skill in repairing pens and we are honoured that they have volunteered their time to give us an insight into the wonderful world of pen repair. Their is no doubt that collecting fountain pens and the study of their history is an absorbing activity, but nothing quite matches the satisfaction of bringing the pens back to their state of health when they were made. Only by handling a pen and using it in the manner originally intended can you recapture an appreciation of the quality of the instrument, and in your imagination, the various people who have written with it over the years. Their main interest is in pens that are generally regarded as difficult to restore, including De La Rue Onoto piston fillers, Parker Vacumatics, Sheaffer Vac-fill, |
 Eversharp piston fillers, Sheaffer Touchdown and PFM, Swan Visofil, Blackbird Topfill, Ford piston fillers, Waterman safety pens, Conway Stewart piston fillers etc. They have completed repairs on hundreds of pens in the past year, and many letters of appreciation have been received Jim and Laurence currently write a regular repair feature in the WES Journal and have just published a new book on pen repair which id dedicated to Arthur Twydle. |
| CALLIGRAPHY | |
 Nancy Ochida-Howells Nancy has a Master of Arts degree from California State University, Los Angeles, and has taught since 1969.  She has taught at International
Calligraphy Conferences in UK, USA, Japan, Belgium and Germany. Her work
appears in publications and exhibitions. Nancy's website is
www.automaticpens.co.uk. Nancy will demonstrate the wonders of work that can be
accomplished with automatic pens - very special instruments that you may never
have seen - let alone used!. |
Davina Chapman Davina has been fascinated by the art of calligraphy ever since she can remember and sees its renaissance as a long overdue reaction to the conformity of computerised type.  "Calligraphy gives voice to the written word - a poem or piece of prose gains significance when the words themselves have been crafted by a skilled hand". Established as a professional scribe since 1981, she went on to win a prestigious Queen Elizabeth Scholarship from the Royal Warrant Holders Association which enabled further dedicated study with masters of the art in the UK, Belgium and North America. Ayoko Makabe Ayoko Makabe has just completed her degree course in Western Calligraphy at Roehampton University having already achieved a high level of accomplishment in Japanese calligraphy in her own country.  She is remaining in London to follow post-graduate studies and has very enthusiastically agreed to participate in the London Writing Equipment Show. |
| SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS | |
| MAUCHLINEWARE COLLECTORS
CLUB The town of Mauchline in southwest Scotland gives its name to a family of wooden souvenirs made over a period of some one hundred years ending when the factory of the last producer still operating burnt to the ground in 1933. The M.W.C.C is dedicated to the accumulation and dissemination of information regarding these fine antiques.  The MWCC is delighted to be supporting the Writing Equipment Society's London show and will put on a display of writing-related Mauchline pieces. This is a rich vein to explore in Mauchlineware with inkwells, pens, stamp boxes, pen wipers, blotters and paper knives found across the range of different finishes and in innumerable shapes and sizes. A few such pieces are illustrated here but to view more try our web-site, link above, but above all come to the show and see the real things as well as supporting this wonderful initiative by WES. Details on joining the Mauchline Ware Collectors Club can be found on the web-site www.mauchlineware.com |
 THE PEN ROOM The Pen Room Museum and Learning Centre - Celebrating the lives, skill and workmanship of the people of Birmingham who made "The Steel Pen Trade" world renowned. See how the Birmingham Pen Trade Heritage Centre is preserving and promoting this "forgotten legacy" THE PLASTICS HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Plastics Historical Society will mount a display from members' collections of the various ways in which plastics have been used in the manufacture of writing equipment. |
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 THE NORTHERN PEN SHOW Sunday 26th. April 2009 Clifton Arms Hotel Lytham, Lancashire |
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