This is my story about how I became a Pensmith. In 2020, during the pandemic, I spent more time in my woodshop and ended up purchasing a lathe as a new hobby. After turning some boards and making some spoon handles, I began looking for something more practical to make as gifts for friends and family– and discovered the world of ink pen turning.
With a lot of help from the online group at Penturners.org, I managed to progress through the difficult learning phase and started producing a line of products I am proud of. By the end of 2021, I knew I wanted to turn my hobby into something more. Without making a job out of it, I set my goal to enter a craft show sometime in 2022.
In just my second year, I was awarded Best Mixed Media Artist at the Bellefonte Arts and Crafts Show.