The pens Michael Hughes creates are something to write home about. Working with a lathe in the workshop he built above the garage at his Grandview home, Hughes uses traditional materials such as wood, ...

My cousin Mark Williams sent me a couple of handcrafted pens recently. I was so impressed I told him I wanted to blog about his hobby. Mark grew up in Charlotte but migrated to Michigan where he ...

Most of the pens are made from wood that's at least three-quarter-inch by three-quarter-inch by 6 inches. He drills a hole through the center of two pieces, inserts and glues a brass tube to hold the ...

Anna Williams set up a booth at Wednesday's Southern Saratoga Chamber of Commerce Junior Mixer displaying her sample items, business cards and the lathe she uses to create her products, which, if ...

LITTLE ROCK — It is not surprising that Shawn Newton, an art teacher at Mountain Pine High School, prefers handcrafted fountain pens when he does his drawings, but he said he also believes students ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - A walnut vanity in the main bathroom remains unfinished, as does a wall-to-wall, ceiling-to-ceiling entertainment center in the living room. But, order a wooden-barrel writing pen from ...

New York-based novelist Amitav Ghosh recently ordered a fountain pen from an artisanal maker in India. "The last time I looked at his online list, it said my order would be ready in 95 weeks," the ...