Arden Pen Co / Events
Where to find us
The table is where the pens make the most sense. You can pick one up, feel where the balance sits, and see what a piece of fordite actually does in the light — none of which a photograph manages honestly.
Show tables also get things the website never sees. One-off blanks where I’ve only got enough material for a single pen, timbers I’m still testing, and pieces made specially for the show that don’t get repeated. There’s usually a show-only price on the day, and if you’ve been circling a commission, this is the conversation to have in person: bring the story, and we’ll work out the pen across the table.
Spring at Malvern, and our biggest table of the season. Show-only pieces, materials still being tested, and a few pens made specially for the weekend that won't be repeated. Bring the story you want in a pen and we'll work out how to build it while you're there.
County show scale, which means space to lay the whole thing out — finished pens at one end, the raw blanks they came from at the other. If you've ever wanted to see what a lump of fordite looks like before it becomes a barrel, this is the stand to stop at.
A show built entirely around people who make their own work, which is exactly the right room for a pen turned one at a time on a lathe. Expect the full range, some material you won't have seen, and plenty of time to talk through a commission properly rather than in passing.
This season
At every show this season we’re giving away one commissioned pen, made to the winner’s brief — your choice of material, your postcode, your story turned into something you’ll write with for thirty years.
Entry is free. Drop a card in the bowl at the stand, or scan the code on the table. No purchase, no catch.
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