SilverCrow Creations Supplies - Pens, Pencils & Brushes
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Cheater Pen with Invisible Ink & Black Light
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Why study when you can cheat? Each 5-inch plastic Cheater Pen features ink that is made of special high-brightness compounds that are invisible to the naked eye, but magically illuminate when exposed to ultraviolet light.
Each pen has a blacklight conveniently located on the opposite end of the pen, allowing you to read any messages left to you by your spy friends. Just exactly what you need for those secret reminders for school, work, anniversaries or whatever else you need an extra cheating edge to remember! And, believe it or not, a battery is included.
Imported
29July2010
Limited Availability, Discontinued by Manufacturer
Price: $7.25 each
Qty:
Vintage Slide Box of Red Listo Leads No. 162
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The Listo Pencil Corporation opened in 1921. They created a wonderful, manual, refillable marker - to write on any surface. They still make such a refillable marker. These leads are still made today. Our boxes of leads, however, are vintage - probably from the mid-20th century. We're not sure that they will fit the newer pens, but we suspect they will. We love the graphical box and even the way it opens.
The top reads:
LISTO LEADS RED No. 162
The bottom reads:
LISTO LEADS • LISTO PENCIL CORPORATION ALAMEDA,CALIF. MADE IN U.S.A.
Each long side of the outer box reads:
MARKING LEADS
The inner box reads (upside down) on one end:
TO OPEN PUSH OPPOSITE END
If you happen to push this, the wrong end, instead of the other, the inner box reads:
STOP PUSH IN
The other side reads:
PUSH IN
When you push it through the outer box, a little flap appears, that reads:
PULL OUT THIS FLAP
Underneath are the leads. If you push it to far, another flap reads:
STOP
But our favorite part is the bottom of the inner box. If you open it upside down, it reads on one end:
STOP - Turn over
and on the other
TURN OVER
There are 6 leads inside for the grease marker, aka china marker. The leads will write on any surface - even under water. It will wipe off any slick, non-porous surface, like glass with just a dry cloth. We used to use these on transparencies in our other life in a major corporation. They are non-toxic.
Newer boxes aren't as sweet as this one and hold 12 leads. We like this 6-lead version and everything about it. The actual box measures 1-1/2 inch long (length of the leads) by 1 inch wide by 5/16 inch deep.
If you don't keep it for the collectible nature, you might choose to make a wonderful tiny box shrine!
Made in USA
Vintage Item, Limited Availability
Price: $4.25 per box
Vintage Canary Wooden No. 3 Pencil from United States Steel
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Number 3 pencils are harder than No. 2 pencils, creating a lighter, but less variable line. Number 3 is quite often the choice of draughtsman and engineers because the writer has a bit more control over the line.
These vintage pencils are from the mid-20th century and were emblazoned with the logo,
USS
and the company name,
United States Steel
At one time, US Steel was one of the largest employers in the Western Pennsylvania area. The company has undergone many changes since way back when, but the pencils remain.
16May2010
Price: $2.35 each
Medium Niji Waterbrush (12mm) from Yasutomo
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Watercolor Pencils
Sketch & Wash Pencils Pencils
What a great invention! We've been using these for years for all kinds of applications so we thought we ought to offer them to you, too. This wonderful combination brush and water container features a 12 mm brush tip and the handle of the brush is also the water reservoir, which holds 7ml of water.
Use it for watercoloring, rubber stamping, silk painting, bleaching, and even face painting. It is also very handy for sealing envelopes or postage stamps and other things you don't really want to lick.
We love it for adding a wash and blending colors after using watercolor pencils!
Instructions are included on the package - it's really easy to use!
Made in Japan
8 April2010
Price: $6.79 each
Small Niji Waterbrush (9mm) from Yasutomo
What a great invention! We've been using these for years for all kinds of applications so we thought we ought to offer them to you, too. This wonderful combination brush and water container features a 9 mm brush tip and the handle of the brush is also the water reservoir, which holds 7ml of water.
12March2010
Price: $6.75 each
Fortune Cookie Pen
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How often during each day do you wish you had a fortune cookie? Not just for the snack, but to tell you what to do with your life. Well, here's the next best thing - and, without the calories. Just a click of the pen - and you'll see your fortune in the window! There are several different fortunes in each pen, so don't worry, you'll have the option to click again and change your fate.
Several pens are shown for illustration.
3January2010
Out of Stock
Price $1.50 Each
Sketch & Wash - 2 Pencils + Sharpener Set
Create your own artwork with General's Sketch & Wash, a versatile and unique, water-soluble graphite pencil. for art, use with brush and water to create dramatic washes of gray and black. Dip the pencil directly into water for drawing darker lines and details. Try using this wonderful pencil in combination with watercolor paints, color pencils and pen and ink!
These are true colored pencils, so you can use them just as they are - or, you can enjoy their special watercolor effect to create your own watercolor painting - even if you've never painted before. Use them for fine art, or to accent rubber stamping, scrapbooking and tons of other papercrafts.
For craft and tole projects, use the Sketch & Wash pencil as an all surface marking pencil. It marks on most surfaces, including canvas, glass and wood.
For drawing, this great tool is a soft, extra smooth graphite pencil.
24December2009
Price: $3.19 per set
Fish Pen
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Want to have someone watch over that student during homework time? Why not provide this fish pen? These look like sardines, trout and other fish but really write. And the shape is pretty conducive to a comfortable hold. Now you'll be able to write any fish story you choose.
The pen measures about 5-3/8 inches long with the tail cap on. It is about 1/2 inch at its widest point (the head).
Several pens are shown for illustration. Please let us select one for you.
Price $3.75 Each
Watercolor Pencil Set of 12 Pencils
These premium handcrafted Kimberly Watercolor Pencils are handcrafted with sustained yield incense cedar wood, a renewable resource. Created by the General Pencil Company, the pencils are made with the proprietary Carbo-Weld bonding process for smooth sharpening, strength and reliability.
There are two techniques described on the package to get you started and reference to step-by-step instructions is listed for further study. You'll be delighted with the outcome!
Wet Brush Technique - Draw with a pencil or pencils. Go over the drawing with a wet brush. Then add details and lines while the drawing is still wet.
Palette Technique - ON a separate piece of paper, sketch small swatches of color to create a palette. Then, take a paint brush filled with water and activate the palette swatch color. The more water on the brush, the lighter the color; the less water, the darker and more concentrated the color. This technique is the same as painting from a pan.
Our favorite technique combines both with rubberstamping. Simply stamp your scene in waterproof ink. Then paint away! Warning - these pencils are addictive.
These are safe and non-toxic pencils.
23December20099
Price: $10.99 per set
Jesus Pencil Topper
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Created as a pencil topper, this lovely rendering of Jesus might just make the perfect art doll. It is made of modern (safe) pewter and fits atop any standard sized pencil (with or without an eraser).
There is no adhesive to keep it on and it is a bit heavy (7 grams), so be careful when using your pencil so that it doesn't fly off and hit someone.
It measures about 3/4 inch by 5/8 inch. We are showing 4 pencil toppers for illustration.
Handmade in USA
22October2009
was: $1.05 Now: 80¢ Each
Large Niji Waterbrush (15mm) from Yasutomo
What a great invention! We've been using these for years for all kinds of applications so we thought we ought to offer them to you, too. This wonderful combination brush and water container features a 15 mm brush tip and the handle of the brush is also the water reservoir, which holds 7ml of water.
14April2010
Price: $7.29 each
Tiny Chalk for Projects Large & Small - Package of 5 Assorted
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Limited Edition Chalkboard Necklace
When we started selling our little Chalkboard Necklace, we wondered just what kind of chalk we should offer to accompany it - so that the wearer might change the message on a whim. Well, here we have it!
These slim little chalks arrive in packages of 5 pieces - 3 white and two random colors. The chalks measure about 1-11/16 inches long and are just barely 1/8 inch in diameter - perfect for including with small projects - and especially neat because they are doll-size!
Chalks vary ever so slightly in length due to the fragile nature of the chalk. We package them securely (see the illustration), but they are indeed fragile, and might not make it through the mail perfectly.
Several sets are shown for illustration only.
Made in Germany
3August2009
Price: $1.37 per Package
Vintage Moore's Sautoir Fountain Pen Blotter
Ink & Other Pigments
Pens & Pencils
Other things French
What a great find this is! Each 6-1/4 inch wide vintage ink blotter advertises a specialty fountain pen for the working woman of the 1920s! Imagine!
The illustration features an old time nurse (cap and all) and doctor. Both are writing on medical charts as the patient recuperates in bed. Unused old store stock in excellent condition.
The description is right on the blotter. And the nurse is obviously using one of these really neat pens:
Moore's Sautoir Fountain Pen The ladies' favorite for professional, business and social use. With silk neck ribbon and gold or silver mountings, $4.25 up. Self-filling and non-leakable.
The pen is illustrated as though it is writing the advertisement itself in script:
Moore's won't leak
The sautoir (French for necklace) pen is perfect - wouldn't that be great even today - so that no one will walk away with your favorite pen! After all, in 1920, $4.25 was quite dear. That would be $45.26 today!
Of course you can use this great little piece of history for its intended purpose - to blot your ink, or, of course it makes a great collector's item.
Printed in USA
6April2009
Price: $2.45 each
Stylishly Blue J Herbin Glass Dip Pen
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J. Herbin of France has long been the respected maker of fine inks and writing instruments. This simple glass dip pen is a perfect example of such a finely made pen.
Whether you choose to used it for calligraphy, correspondence, or, indeed to write that romance novel of your life, the sleek, smooth shaft will be easy on your hand. Each pen is made individually of hand blown glass in the tradition of 16th century Venice. Each pen is undoubtedly an individual work of art.
The fine glass tips are twisted in a light spiral to hold the maximum amount of ink and can write a full page of text without re-dipping.
Made in France
6March2009
Price: $15.00 each
Small Artist's Sea Sponge
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Sponges have so many uses and the natural variation found in sea sponges makes them ever the more versatile.
Each sponge measures 2 to 2-1/2 inches by about 1-1/2 inch. And we think it makes a great addition to a crystal bowl of seashells, too!
Sea sponges are ideal for sponge painting, faux finishes, stippling, staining, tile, pottery, ceramics and more. You can use them with acrylics, oils, water colors and fabric paints or dyes - just use your imagination. Instructions are included on the package.
Made in UK or Elsewhere
8October2008
was: $1.89 Now: $1.19 each
Walnut Drawing Stick
Tom Norton designed this pen especially for use with his Walnut Drawing Ink.
One end wicks the ink and the other end is a special slit reed (he uses a jeweler's saw, not a knife!). It's smooth output can be as long as 26 inches! Check our demo for an example of what you can do.
The Walnut Drawing Stick is a finely crafted instrument.
Made by hand in USA
Price: $7.00
Basic Elegant Carpenter Pencils - With a Sharpener!
Colored Carpenter Pencils & Sharpener Set
More Stuff for Writing
Just the look is terrific - imagine using white carpenter pencils! And they are useful, too! This set of 3 white carpenter pencils - yes, the long flat ones - are white, but they write with standard graphite! Each measures 6 inches long and about 1/2 inch wide. Traditionally, these are whittled with a knife to sharpen, but with this set, there's a sharpener made just for carpenter pencils and other large pencils.
Made in Taiwan
13May2008
Price: $6.25 per Set
The Illuminated Lettering Kit
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Illuminated lettering is an art form from medieval days that retains its brilliance and beauty today. Combining calligraphy, painting and gilding, illuminated lettering is a skill that's surprisingly easy to learn.
In this kit, you have everything you need to create your own illuminated masterpieces, perfect for holidays, as birthday gifts or to decorate your home. With an easy-to-follow instruction book that includes alphabets and templates to trace and varied project ideas, along with all the materials to get you started, The Illuminated Lettering Kit will have you on your way to illuminating in no time!
Included in the package are:
bottle of black ink
calligraphy pen
5 tubes of paint (red, blue, white, yellow and gold)
paintbrush
16 sheets of calligraphy paper
20November2007
Compare at: $24.95 Our Price: $18.95 Per Kit
Colored Pencils - Carpenter Style - With a Sharpener!
Just the look is terrific - and it's useful, too! This set of 6 colored pencils are really carpenters' pencils - the long flat ones! Each measures 6 inches long and about 1/2 inch wide. Traditionally, these are whittled with a knife to sharpen, but with this set, there's a sharpener made just for carpenter pencils and other large pencils.
16November2007
Price: $9.00 per Set
Spy Pen with Invisible Ink & Black Light
Perfect for all international super-spies and undercover operators, our 5 inch plastic spy pen features ink that is made of special high-brightness compounds that are invisible to the naked eye. But, the ink will magically illuminate when it is exposed to ultraviolet light.
Each pen has a blacklight conveniently located on the opposite end of the pen, allowing you to read any messages left to you by your spy friends. Perfect for writing down secret spy messages, scrawling secret grocery lists, or keeping a catalogue of all of your Internet passwords. And, believe it or not, a battery is included.
Made In China
24May2007
Karl, The Pencil Monkey
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Don't mistake our little buddy for an eraser, because he refuses to work.
Each Karl is 1 inch high and is made of soft vinyl with a hole in the bottom to fit on the end of pencils, pens, paintbrushes or crayons.
Sitting pretty in his little fez, he makes a delightful appearance in any miniature curio display. You'll need more than one as soon as you see the smiles he prompts!
Made in China
SilverCrow Classic
Price: 95¢ Each
Crayon Pencils - NO More Waxy Build-up!
This exciting new medium is an excellent way for children (or adults, of course!) to spend hours coloring. There is no waxy flaking with these Smart Art crayon pencils - colors lay down more smoothly and the result is much brighter than with regular crayons or pastels. The novice artist, be s/he young or old, will more easily be able to layer and combine colors. The pencil crayons are very long-lasting pencils, making them a great value as well. They work much like grease-pencils or china markers of old, just unwrap the paper from the crayon by pulling the string. Because they are non-toxic, even little kids can color with them!
6December2006
Price: $8.75 Box
Penmanship Made Easy (Unabridged Reprint)
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Geroge Bickham was an enterprising 18th century engraver and calligrapher who promoted the practice of proper penmanship. This volume, an unabridged reprint of his now extremely rare calligraphy manual, provided young practitioners with much valuable information on how to write not only legibly but also with beauty and grace.
The book begins with "Directions for Learners," a series of helpful hints on forming letters, holding the pen, arm and wrist positions, proper posture, etc. The book is filled with a wealth of incredibly beautiful calligraphic specimens: alphabets, maxims, didactic verses and other words of advice for elevating the moral standards of the young. Beware, however, that this was originally produced around 1733, so some items may be considered politically incorrect today.
This trade paperback measures 5-3/8 by 8 inches with 64 pages of mostly illustrations.
22March2007
Price: $6.95 Each
Authentic White Goose Quill Dip Pen
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Traditional Parchment
Traditional Sheepskin Vellum
SilverCrow's authentic goose quill is produced in the same manner that quills have been made for centuries. It is hand pointed and holds an amazingly long line of ink. It's not surprising that such quills were the choice of great writers for years!
We were particularly delighted to find these quills. We've seen feathers with metal nibs attached to the tips - functional, but much more modern.
We thought these just the instrument for you to use in reenactments, medieval fairs, etc. Imagine witting with a natural quill on traditional vellum or parchment! Of course, these are natural feathers, so each one will be different.
Price: $11.00 each
Oversized Rainbow Pencil
This chubby pencil is normal length and arrives already sharpened for you to write a rainbow of poetry or to sign your name in Technicolor! An old-fashioned school supply like this will be fun for the whole family!
26APR2006
Price: $1.55 each
Multicultural Colored Pencils
Promote world peace, starting with these pencils. The eight colored pencils in this set allow you to create diverse skin-tones - enough to satisfy any diversity program or seminar sponsor.
made in USA
Box of 8 Price $2.95
Lipstick Pen
Just when everyone thinks you are about to write on the mirror with lipstick, you fool them - remove the top and use this neat ruby-red lipstick pen. The pen writes in either blue or black (please let us choose) and looks exactly like a lipstick!
Price: $3.75 each
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Set of 2 Chopsticks Pencils in a Sleeve
Appropriately embellished with Asian characters typical to traditional chopsticks, you'll use this set for writing recipes rather than for eating!
These delightful pencils are the traditional half-split wood chopsticks as provided in most Asian restaurants!
Whether you're writing haiku or just taking notes, you'll be delighted with this clever pair of pencils!
Packaged set of 2 Pencils in a Sleeve
Price: $2.75 per set
Box of 50 Non-Sharpening Glitter Pencils
We first discovered non-sharpening pencils about 20 years ago when a relative was in the hospital! All is well now, and our great discovery is no less wonderful today. There is no need for a pencil case with a non-sharpening pencil - with eraser, as well! When the pencil point dulls, you simply pull the plastic nib out, push it into the top of the pencil (under the eraser) and a new, sharp, ready to use pencil lead pushes through to the bottom. There are 11 leads in each pencil.
The hospital staff was so enamored by our pencils, that we soon came to realize what a great thank-you gift they are for an office group! So, in lieu of a box of candy, try a box of pencils for your next gift of gratitude.
This set of pencils is glittery: pink, purple, blue, green and yellow pencils have matching erasers.
Display Box of 50 Pencils
Price $15.00 box
Cigarette Pen
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Quit smoking? You can still pretend with our cigarette pen. Real looking - even the ash appears to be burning....the only thing missing is the smoke. In place of the tar and nicotine, you'll find ink that is worthy of signing any insurance form!
For that special smoker that you've urged to quit for years, this would make the perfect gift, propped in our Spiritual Entreaty Ashtray!
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Price: $3.25 each
Drafting Brush
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Cleaning an art table after a project often leaves strays: embossing powder, miniature beads, etc. With SilverCrow's Drafting Brush, you can just whisk that mess away—making a once-distressing chore a breeze. The brush is a handy 10 inches long. The beige composition handle is quite sturdy. The soft bristles dust away the tiniest dust particle.
These were originally used by drafting professionals to clean away erasures. You can probably imagine a way to use this as an artist brush as well.
Price: $7.50 Each
Cigar Pen
Just what the doctor ordered for anyone who smokes too much or misses that tempting taste of a fine imported cigar! This one can't be smoked, but, just as any pen - there are those who will chew it! Fashioned to look like the finest of imported cigars, our cigar pen makes the perfect gift for any cigar aficionado - whether still smoking or not!
Telescopic Brush Case
This sturdy plastic telescoping cylinder is just what you need to transport both your short- and long-handled artist brushes. It is adjustable in length from 10-3/8 inches to 12-7/8 inches and is about 1 inch in diameter. We love this for making it easier to use full-sized brushes when painting on vacation!
Hecho en Peru
Price: $6.25 each
Stipple Brushes
These are the wonderful stipple brushes that many of the magazine artists use to create just the right background. Use them also to age or mottle your artwork after you stamp it. These brushes can actually turn an errant stroke into a stroke of genius!
Pkg Size/Price: Medium #4 - $3.00 Large #6 - $3.50 XL #8 (Not Shown) - $4.50
Package of 3 Vintage Pen Nibs
Our vintage stationery pen nibs are meant to be used as inserts into older pen shafts. Most of these are for writing - love letters, testimonials, official documents, etc. They are not calligraphy nibs per se - however a master calligrapher may enjoy some of them for special flourishes and the like.
Because of the their aged patina, they will also combine nicely in niches of altered books (consider the authors writing by candlelight!) or in assemblages, or in a small pin dish on your desk - for inspiration.
Most are Made in USA
Package of 3
Price: $2.75
Brush Duster
Use these handy little tools for stippling, painting, cleaning corners, dusting away embossing powder - or for shaving! Not just another brush, these are made of natural materials
Each is 1-1/4 inch in diameter. The natural-handled brush is about 3-1/2 inches long. The black-handled brush is about 4-1/4 inches long.
imported
Handle Color: Natural Black
Double Pointed Calame Reed Pen
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The first fiber tip pens were made in Egypt as far back as 500 BC! Made from various reeds (these are bamboo), calames find their roots in reed brushes that were pounded or chewed into shape.
As writing developed, the reeds were split and made into pens. Writing fluid is held in the hollowed out shaft of the reed and flows down through the chiseled or pointed tip, or nib. Our calame features two sharpened ends.
Because of the natural bamboo, calames can only be made by hand.
Now you can create your own old-world documents with a bamboo reed calame or pen and SilverCrow's papyrus! You may even want to buy one as a model to carve your own calame from our bamboo stalks.
One nib is 1/16 and the other is 3/32. So, this pen can accomplish a variety of writing techniques.
And, just imagine what a great show and tell this would be for grade school, art school or with friends of all ages!
Imported from France
SilverCrow Classic, updated 19June2008
Was: 13.75 Now: $11.50 Each
Mini Niji Waterbrush with Medium Tip (12mm) from Yasutomo
What a great invention! We've been using these for years for all kinds of applications so we thought we ought to offer them to you, too. This wonderful combination brush and water container features a 12 mm brush tip and the handle of the brush is also the water reservoir, which holds 5.5ml of water.
25April2010
Price: $6.19 each
Flat Niji Waterbrush (12mm Wide) from Yasutomo
What a great invention! We've been using these for years for all kinds of applications so we thought we ought to offer them to you, too. This wonderful combination brush and water container features a 12 mm wide flat brush tip and the handle of the brush is also the water reservoir, which holds 7ml of water.
Price: $8.75 each
Spencerian Alphabet Blotter
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If you are fond of dip pens or fountain pens, then doubtless you've needed a blotter. This delightful blotter is new but have the appeal of a vintage one. Printed on one side of pale green blotting paper is the complete upper- and lower-case alphabets in an elegant Spenserian style script. Each measures approximately 7-1/8 x 4-1/4 inches.
Color of blotter may vary.
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