Bijo-To-Yaju Fountain Pen, Vermeil 18k Gold

Bijo-To-Yaju

4.950 €

Modello

Fountain Pen

Rollerball

Nib grades

ST1

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Available to ship by Friday 28 November

Specifications

Material: Resin, Vermeil, Enamel

Trim: Yellow Gold plated Silver

Nib: 18k Gold

Filling system: Piston

Length: 180 mm

Diameter: 21,5 mm

Weight: 88 gr

Subtle chromatic variations attest to the authenticity and exclusivity of artisanal craftsmanship.

Description

A vision inspired by Jean Cocteau’s classic La Belle et la Bête bends the conventions of writing instrument design. Golden enamel and traditional Kintsugi technique join fragments of 18th-century woodblock prints – transposed chapters from one of Europe’s greatest love stories. Universal notions of heroism, beauty and forbidden love are personified by the figure of the Beast, cast in vermeil.

Editions

222 Fountain Pens, 18k Gold Nib

99 Rollerballs

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A dedicated shishi display base and a presentation case in lacquered wood accompany auspicious editions of 222 fountain pens and 99 rollerballs. Design by Tomita Kazuhiko.

Design informed by Ukiyo-e, Kintsugi and Kabuki explores the parallels between western and eastern storytelling. A gleaming shishi figure assumes the protector role of Cocteau’s fabled Beast.

Material and emotional temptation are represented by a golden key. In Cocteau’s tale, Belle must make a choice between love and riches. Purity enabled her to find both.

Tomita Kazuhiko

Designer

Born in Nagasaki and educated at London’s RCA, Tomita Kazuhiko’s doctrine of “2.5-dimensional design” uses Japanese artisanal traditions to elaborate and subvert modern European contexts.