Workshops
The 2024 Dutch Pen Show has no fewer than 11(!) workshops! We have six international workshop hosts who present the workshop in English. The five other workshops are in Dutch.
Please note:
Admission to the Dutch Pen Show is NOT included in the workshop cost. You can only participate in the workshop if you buy a separate admission ticket to the show!
You can buy your tickets here.
LET OP:
De toegang tot de Dutch Pen Show is niet inbegrepen in de kosten van de workshop. Om te kunnen deelnemen, moet je óók een toegangsbewijs voor de show kopen!
Je kunt je tickets hier kopen.
Overview of the workshops:
The Imperfectly Perfect Letter with Vanessa Langton / PenGangsta
Sponsored by Esterbrook
This workshop is suitable for both newbies, experts, and those in between. YouTube and Instagram personality Vanessa Langton will guide you through the process and creativity associated with creating wax seal stamps. Have fun creating stamps for snail mail letters, journaling, and more.
Attendees will receive their very own Wax Seal Set and access to additional materials to help you explore and express yourself through wax seal art. All you need to bring is any additional materials that could enhance your experience like journals, washi tape, scissors, and your fountain pen.
The event will be held on June 2nd, at 14.30 – 15:30 and at 16:00 – 17:00. The cost for this activity is 60 euros (incl. vat).
Ticket sale starts on Sunday April 21st, 19.00 hours. This event is limited to 25 spots, so make sure you reserve your ticket in time! (And don’t forget to buy a ticket to the show).
Create Your Personal Journal Practice with Charlene van de Laar (@charlenevdlaar)
Sponsored by Kaweco
What is a better way to use your beloved fountain pens than in a journal, right?!
Join Charlene van de Laar into a journey to create your personal journal practice. Get over the fear of the blank page or the struggle to keep your journal practice alive.
Creative looking spreads in 15 minutes
With the use of stickers, washi tapes and stamps you can make a nice looking spread in your journal within 15 minutes or so.
In this workshop you will receive a kit with supplies to make your first pages and Charlene will help you to get started making some pretty looking paper clusters.
Start writing your story
Charlene will give you tips and tricks to get you in the writing flow (daily, weekly or whatever fits your personal life).
The goal for the workshop is to inspire you to keep writing in your journal, to keep your memories alive, to relieve stress or whatever purpose you want your journal to have when you get home from our amazing show.
Attendees will receive the following items:
- Kaweco Collection Sport Apricot Fountain pen
- Traveler’s Company Notebook insert
- Washitape and stickers
The event will be held in Dutch on June 2nd, at 11:30h – 12:30h and on 13:00h – 14:00h. The cost for this activity is €60 (incl. vat).
Ticket sale starts on Sunday April 21st , 19.00 hours. This event is limited to 2 x 25 spots, so make sure you reserve your ticket in time! (And don’t forget to buy a ticket to the show)
Travel Journaling with Mareike Mert @me_and_my_happydesk
Sponsored by Misc. Store Amsterdam
This workshop about travel journaling will be hosted by Mareike Mert, known as @me_and_my_happydesk on Instagram.
Mareike will share her passion for travel journaling and give you an introduction into the theme, sharing tips and tricks on how to pack your journaling essentials light for a trip, how to creatively incorporate different ephemera like postcards and photos into your journal and much more.
Together you will start the first pages of your own travel journal about your trip to Utrecht. Attendees will receive the following items:
- Lamy Safari 2024 Special Edition Fountain pen
- Traveler’s Company Notebook insert
- Utrecht postcards
The event will be held in English on June 2nd, at 14:30h – 15:30h. The cost for this activity is €60 (incl. vat).
Ticket sale starts on Sunday April 21st , 19.00 hours. This event is limited to 25 spots, so make sure you reserve your ticket in time! (And don’t forget to buy a ticket to the show)
Get creative with Ink with Anne Nossack (@kleines_p)
Sponsored by Nahvalur
In our workshop “Get Creative with Ink” we will dive together into the fascinating world of ink painting. Together, we will create an enchanting butterfly illustration.
By writing, blotting, and painting with ink, we will unleash our creativity and create a unique piece of art.
As a special highlight, we will be using the Robert Oster Dutch Pen Show 2024 Special Edition ink.
Let yourself be inspired by new materials and techniques and try something new!
This workshop is suitable for both beginners and advanced participants and promises lots of fun and creative development.
Attendees will receive the following items:
- Nahvalur Original Fountain pen
- Platinum Preppy fountain pen
- Robert Oster Dutch Pen Show 2024 ink bottle
The event will be held in English on June 2nd, at 11:30h – 12:30h. The cost for this activity is €60 (incl. vat).
Ticket sale starts on Sunday April 21st , 19.00 hours. This event is limited to 25 spots, so make sure you reserve your ticket in time! (And don’t forget to buy a ticket to the show)
Fude your World with Janine Scribbles (@janinescribbles)
Sponsored by Sailor
Discover the world of Fude nibs together with Janine Scribbles! During this workshop, Janine will tell you about the Fude nib and help you experience the nib for your own handwriting, or to try new styles.
“Fude’’ means ‘’brush’’ in Japanese. These are specialized nibs bent at the tip to create an upturned writing area, to mimic the effect of a brush for fountain pens. It is used both for writing and drawing. Janine will help you use the fude nib for writing during this workshop.
Janine’s goal for the event is to share in the practice and to have each attendee walk away with an experience of the Fude nib. With her enthusiasm for the Fude nib you will risk being convinced that this is the most fun nib in the world!
Attendees will receive the following items:
- Sailor Fude de Mannen fountain pen for writing or drawing
- Rhodia Notepad
You can also have a chance to win a Leonardo Momento Zero fountain pen with a Fude nib (value €238) in a raffle for those who participate.
The event will be held in Dutch on June 2nd, at 13:00h – 14:00h. The cost for this activity is €40 (incl. vat).
Ticket sale starts on Sunday April 21st , 19.00 hours. This event is limited to 25 spots, so make sure you reserve your ticket in time! (And don’t forget to buy a ticket to the show)
Succesfully sell your pens online with Arjan de Haan
Sponsored by Catawiki
Most of you will have experiences with buying & selling on a variety of online platforms with varying degrees of success.
Through our experience as online curated platform, in the past 10 years we have come across many do’s and don’ts when it comes to selling (and buying) online. Since it is for sellers, buyers and platforms alike, important to create a positive experience we would like to take this opportunity to share our experiences with you to help improve your future sales (and purchases) online.
This activity costs €10. Attendees will receive a Catawiki voucher for €20,- and a set of pen supports that will enhance the results of the photographs they will make. We ask you to bring a fountain pen (or pens) to photograph, as well as a smartphone or camera.
The event will be held in Dutch on June 2nd, from 16:00h – 17:00h. The cost for this activity is €10.
Ticket sale starts on Sunday April 21st , 19.00 hours. This event is limited to 25 spots, so make sure you reserve your ticket in time! (And don’t forget to buy a ticket to the show).
The Inky Collage Experience with Vanessa Langton / PenGangsta
Sponsored by Pilot
Rip, tear, glue, splatter—unleash your inner avant-garde artist by turning your writing experience into creative personal expressions. Join Instagram and YouTube personality Vanessa Langton (from the United States) through the process of embellishing several writing surfaces including notecards and journal pages. Attendees will learn to think outside the box and embrace unorthodox techniques and materials.
All materials including washi tapes and stickers, glue, decorative papers, fountain pen friendly notecards, Pilot MR Animal fountain pen, and exclusive Robert Oster Dutch Pen Show 2024 ink will be provided. You will need to bring your favorite journal and for extra fun more fountain pens.
Attendees will receive the following items:
- Pilot MR Animal fountain pen
- Robert Oster Dutch Pen Show 2024 ink bottle
- Washi tapes, stickers, decorative papers, notecards
- Ayushu Paper
The event will be held in English on June 2nd, at 16:00h – 17:00h. The cost for this activity is €60 (incl. vat).
Ticket sale starts on Monday April 29th , 19.00 hours. This event is limited to 25 spots, so make sure you reserve your ticket in time! (And don’t forget to buy a ticket to the show)
Creative Fountain Pen Ink Embellishments for Journal with Lori Tate (@timewithtata)
Sponsored by Robert Oster
Join Lori Tate from the United States for a creative hour of ink exploration! We will be using fountain pen inks to design whimsical embellishments for your journaling pages. You’ll be delighted to see how a little illustration can bring your pages to life!
This workshop is perfect for people who want to add a little pizazz to their journaling pages by simply using the resources you have at hand (aka…the loads of ink bottles you purchase and don’t always use).
Attendees will receive the following items:
- Kaweco Sport fountain pen with Platinum Carbon Ink
- Robert Oster Dutch Pen Show 2024 ink bottle
- Another Robert Oster ink bottle
- Faber-Castell drawing pencil
The event will be held in English on June 2nd, at 13:00h – 14:00h. The cost for this activity is €60 (incl. vat).
Ticket sale starts on Monday April 29th , 19.00 hours. This event is limited to 25 spots, so make sure you reserve your ticket in time! (And don’t forget to buy a ticket to the show)
Parallel Pen Pizzazz – De Magie van Kalligrafie with Lizemijn Libgott (@lililettering)
Sponsored by Endless
The Pilot Parallel Pen is incredibly versatile. You can write broad-pen calligraphy with the uniquely designed chisel point, but you can also use the pen to write thin monoline strokes, similar to a regular fountain pen nib. Additionally, thanks to this pen’s unique design, you can create special effects that are impossible with other pens. Think spectacular color gradients, but also writing with foil!
Lizemijn, who became known through Instagram and had the privilege to do calligraphy for the Golden Globes, Cosmopolitan, and a music video, among many other exciting projects, will teach you the beautiful Gothicized Italic calligraphy script during this workshop.
In just an hour, she will help you master all the lowercase letters of this script. If you’ve never done calligraphy before, this workshop is a perfect start, but even experienced individuals will enjoy learning this beautiful style. Gothicized Italic is quite difficult to write with any other calligraphy pen, but by using the Pilot Parallel Pen, it becomes much easier. Anyone can learn it!
By the end of the workshop, you will have written all the lowercase letters of the Gothicized Italic script. Lizemijn will also reveal her secrets for creating special effects with this pen, so you can experiment with these techniques at home.
Discover the Magic of Calligraphy and let your writing sparkle with Parallel Pen Pizzazz!
Attendees will receive the following items:
- Pilot Parallel pen
- Endless Notebook
The event will be held in Dutch on June 2nd, at 11:30h – 12:30h. The cost for this activity is €60 (incl. vat).
Ticket sale starts on Monday April 29th , 19.00 hours. This event is limited to 25 spots, so make sure you reserve your ticket in time! (And don’t forget to buy a ticket to the show)
Acanthus Envelope Art with André Massee (@andremassee)
Sponsored by Lamy
The timeless beauty of the acanthus motif forms the heart of this unique workshop, in which illustrator and biologist André Massee shares his knowledge with you on how these elegant adornments are constructed.
Acanthus motifs are designs inspired by the leaves of the acanthus plant. They have been used as decoration since ancient times. Their undulating leaves and scroll embellishments are considered one of the most iconic and recognizable motifs in art and architecture.
André, who has over 25 years of experience as an illustrator and has worked on projects for, among others, Star Wars and Frozen II, will demonstrate in this workshop some design principles that underlie a successful acanthus design. Then, you will get hands-on experience decorating an envelope with acanthus motifs. Finally, you will ink the design with a fountain pen.
Attendees will receive the following items:
- Lamy Safari fountain pen
- Set of Luxury Envelopes
The event will be held in Dutch on June 2nd, at 14:30h – 15:30h. The cost for this activity is €50 (incl. vat).
Ticket sale starts on Monday April 29th , 19.00 hours. This event is limited to 25 spots, so make sure you reserve your ticket in time! (And don’t forget to buy a ticket to the show)
Fountain pen Maintenance with Susanne (@girl_ink_and_tea)
Sponsored by Appelboom
Repeated due to great success! The Fountain Pen Maintenance workshop deals with cleaning, filling and maintaining different types of fountain pens. How do you fill a piston filler to the maximum extent? How do you remove the last remnants of ink from a pen? What do you do if a pen falters? During the workshop these things will be demonstrated and you can ask all your fountain pen-related questions. The workshop is mainly about doing, so bring your fountain pen(s)!
The workshop is best suited for beginning to intermediate fountain pen users.
Attendees will receive a cleaning set compiled by Appelboom
The event will be held in English on June 2nd, at 15:50h – 16:50h. The cost for this activity is €30 (incl. vat).
Ticket sale starts on Monday April 29th , 19.00 hours. This event is limited to 25 spots, so make sure you reserve your ticket in time! (And don’t forget to buy a ticket to the show)
