November has come and gone and we raised $464, bringing the grand total for the year so far to $3092!  That’s fantastic!  Thank you all so much for all of your support. The winner for November was number 31, congrats…

Hi Everybody, We picked a winner for the October drawing.  Y. Lee, #1, got it!  He’s already picked out what he wants me to make and all he has to do now is wait.  🙂 We raised $879 in postcard sales…

Recently I made a Townsend from alabaster (the white) with rose and amber tortoise acrylics.  This is already a popular color scheme which you can see if you look through the galleries of pens I’ve made. My client wanted to…

Hi Everybody! Another month has passed and you all have helped to raise over $450 (after paypal fees) to go towards the Newton Pens Scholarships!  Thanks so much!  That means we have raised right around $1750 so far. We just…

Hi Everybody! Thanks so much for all the contributions and buying the student art postcards.  I’m already setting up times to meet with the art classes around town to get more art for new cards. I had picked 27 last…

Something I get asked about occasionally is about steps on the barrel. Here are examples of both. No step.  Smooth barrel when opened but not smooth when closed.   A step on the barrel when open, and smooth when closed.…

Hi Everybody! Just got back from DC last night and am getting back to the daily routine.  I had a great time and met lots of great people.  I didn’t have time to walk around much and take photos, but…

Hi Everybody!  It’s time for me to get the ball rolling for August.  So far we have $930 to go to this year’s scholarships! Starting this month my wife Elizabeth will be helping me answer emails and pack up postcards. …

And the winner is #50!  Congrats to Matthew! Thanks to everybody who participated.  This month we raised $658 after paypal fees.

It’s official! Now everything is tax deductible and I can accept money from different foundations.  I’m so proud of this. I’m hoping this will help us to reach more kids who need financial help with college. Thank you all for…

Hi Everybody, I just got back from the Miami pen show.  Two days driving each way from Hot Springs.  What a great way to see the country. Here are some snaps of the trip and the show. The show was…

Hi Everybody! I hope you’re having a great summer so far. I just received the newest set of postcards to start the fundraising off. The old set is in the top row, and I still have 25 sets for sale. …

The question I’m asked the most is regarding the size of my pens. Here is a guide with lots of comparison photos. Diameter – Measured at the barrel threads. Slim – .45″ mm thick at threads with .427″ mm thick…

This last year in school I had been talking with one of my students about making pens and he had been working in Vo-Tech class (machine shop?) to make his own pen.  He had a few barrels and caps and…

I had a couple visitors come by the Shop in April and I think a few of you may know them. Leigh Reyes and Thomas Hall came by, Leigh all the way from the Philippines, to see a pen being…

Wow I’m a day late!  I can’t believe it completely slipped by me.  I was so sure that tonight was the last day of April.  Yikes. Well, the winner is, picked by Random.org, #21!  Congratulations Beth! Now the hard part,…

And the applications are all in!  I received 30 in all this year.  I’m excited to read through them all, too. Eleven people have volunteered to read the essays to help pick scholarship recipients.  If you’re interested in reading to…

We took a trip to Garvin Woodland Gardens today. If you’re ever visiting Hot Springs, you should take a few hours to go walk the trails at the Gardens.  Really beautiful place and enough trails to get away from any…

The Arkansas Pen Show was this weekend and I had a blast.  We had great traffic through the door.  I was so busy meeting new friends and talked with so many people that I didn’t even think about using the…

I have a lot of art I want to sell.  All of the profits – that is, everything except shipping costs – will go into the scholarship fund.  First though – I want to mention that the deadline for the…

When I first started making pens, I organized them by shape, size, and how the cap fit against the body when it was closed. After a while I decided to come up with some proper names to make it easier…

Want to win a custom pen and help some lucky deserving students with their college expenses? Postcards are for sale again to raise money for the Newton Pen’s Scholarship. So far we’ve raised 3886.64!  Thank you all so much! There’s…

It’s that time of year again to start getting applications filled out, essays written, and everything turned in to me so I can have my awesome volunteers start reading and grading essays to pick recipients. So visit this page to…