How to get a customised urushi pen from us?

Step 1: Choose your pen

There is not point to using gold and silver and spending hours on a cheap pen that will break easily, so choose a good quality pen for customisation. Clips or roll stops will obstruct the painting process, they must be removed before shipping the pen to me. Ideally, the pen should not have metal ring on it. But, It is not a absolute rule as I can work around it. However, there is risk of damage of the rings during the crafting process. Scratch marks, engraving a surface defect will be remove so it is fine to send us a preloved pen.

Step 2: Clear your mind

Have a think about what you like us to do. For tier 1 and 2 you can select a technique or design you prefer on my previous work or other pen available from the market. Just aware I will add a twist to every design (even a simple one) to make every pen unique. For Tier 3, you will need to prepare an artist brief to aid the design. You may draw a draft, send me photo or drawing, personal or fictional stories… Contact me if you like me to send you a form or discuss on messenger .

Step 4: Talk to the Cat

Once received your form. We will contact you and discuss to detail via email or direct message on Instagram. Expect the initial response time to be 4 weeks. Once we reach an agreement on the work content, I will send a e-mail signifying to confirm our agreement to perform the work you have requested. A nonrefundable deposit (£50) is need for tier 3 pen before we start the designing process.

Step 5. Sending your pen

Before you send the pen, remove anyclips or roll stops. Dissemble the pen and give it a good clean. Feeder, section, nib, clip barrel and cap should be wrap separately. (Not every part need to be send. We will let you know what we need). Make sure you pack the pen well with good protection as we do take any liability for damage during transport.

We will send you a confirmation email, once your pen arrived safely.

Step 6. Sit back and watch the transformation

We will keep you up to date with photo your pen at different stage of transformation. We will discuss if any change and choice need to be made during the process.