October 19-20 Pen show in Napoli -Italy

September 8

The Neapolis pen show this year will be on two days. In the first day in the morning there will be table with pen clinics (calligraphy, nib tuning, graphology, and orientation to collecting), then there will be a small workshop (in italian) with the following program (titles translated):

14.15 Italian pens of the 1990s by Letizia Lacopini (FI)
14:45 Main materials for the production of vintage and modern pens. Advantages, disadvantages and conservation by Tom Westerich (Caprafico, CH)
15:15 Collectors. The unconscious and the rarity of the beloved object by Paolo Fiorentino (NA)

15:45 COFFEE BREAK

16:00 The evolution of collecting
between vintage and modern by Letizia Lacopini (FI)
16:30 Dry or wet? A clash between digital signature and graphic signature from the point of view of security by Simon Pietro Romano (NA)
17:00 Handwriting: nostalgic return to the past or real necessity? By Ettore De Tora (Associazione "Il Calamo", GR)
17:30 Fountain pen nibs. Typology and customization by Salvatore Matrone, (NA)

Access to the seminar is free.

After the workshop the usual pen show will start. On Sunday afternoon a fountain pen offered by the Circolo Stilografico Napoletano will be drafted among the people present.

Access to the pen show will require a subscription to the ACPS (5€), the subscription allows the participation to all pen shows organized by the ACPS for a year.

Napoli in October is still sunny, so as if you are thinking to make a visit to this marvelous city, why not do it when there is also a pen show?

Alfredo