No. 41 - Roots

ROOTS begins where the conventional fountain pen deliberately ends. Instead of treating the body as a smooth cylinder to be refined, the wood is carved into irregular, organic reliefs that evoke exposed roots, fractured bark and the raw structures hidden beneath the surface of a tree.

The sculptural work is intentional and uncompromising. Material is removed, interrupted and shaped by hand until the surface develops its own rhythm of ridges, recesses and asymmetry. Rather than correcting these forms back toward classical geometry, ROOTS embraces them — a deliberate statement that a writing instrument can be sculpted in the literal sense, not merely decorated.

Its dark, almost mineral appearance is reinforced by the black nib and restrained metal elements, keeping the composition visually grounded and cohesive. Beneath the sculptural exterior, proven fountain-pen components preserve the precision and reliability expected from a functional writing instrument.

ROOTS reflects a willingness to think beyond the established language of pen design: to accept irregularity, to challenge symmetry, and to allow sculpture to become part of function. The result is less a polished object in the traditional sense and more a fragment of nature deliberately transformed into a fountain pen.