SCRIBO Bamboo

SCRIBO Bamboo

With LA DOTTA Bamboo SCRIBO opens a trilogy that will accompany three years of artisanal work: a journey in which material, gesture and meaning intertwine to shape a more mindful way of writing.

SCRIBO LA DOTTA Bamboo Limited Edition inaugurates this journey with the purity of an ancient symbol, one associated with the ability to bend without breaking, to remain steady even as the wind shifts and to look toward the future with renewed hope.

In Japanese culture, bamboo is a silent teaching: an invitation to resilience, to inner integrity, to balance in times of transformation. Its essential elegance becomes a visual narrative, matter turning into meaning.
The creation is entrusted to Urushi master Takeshi Matsuyama, a guardian of a natural lacquer that demands slowness, precision and an absolute dedication to the art of time.
The surface reveals the material texture of the Ishime finish, inspired by the hardness of winter earth, while the Maki-e decoration, crafted with gold and silver powders, draws the bamboo motif on the pen’s body like a natural ideogram.
The nib, too, carries its own tribute: a dedicated engraving, discreet and precious, conceived as an intimate detail visible only to the one who writes.

Each piece belongs to a limited edition of 68 fountain pens, and each progressive numbering is pantograph- engraved on the ring of the filling system, together with the name “Bamboo Limited Edition”.
The signatures of the artist and of SCRIBO, the latter engraved in katakana in a delicate dialogue between Italian identity and Japanese culture, appear on the cap.

The ritual continues in the packaging: a handmade wooden box closed with a cord in a pure Japanese style, conceived with an essential aesthetic in which nothing is superfluous.
The fountain pen is wrapped in a pen pouch made from kimono fabric, a gesture of protection and good fortune that evokes the slow, reverent rhythms of tradition.

SCRIBO LA DOTTA Bamboo becomes an invitation to begin the New Year with clarity, tenacity and inner momentum. It is the opening of a trilogy that already hints at its next two editions: Pine and Plum, emblems of timeless and ever-shifting virtues.

TAKESHI MATSUYAMA
The artist who created the numbered Bamboo edition
Takeshi Matsuyama was born in Yamanaka and, since childhood, had the opportunity to observe his father at work, crafting artworks using the maki-e lacquer technique.
These experiences deeply shaped him both as a person and as an artist.
His work arises from the awareness of the need to preserve traditional maki-e techniques in today’s globally competitive environment.

SCRIBO Bamboo - Product features:
• Rounded shape with emphasis
• Cap, barrel, knob, nib-holder and knob made in resin and lacquered with “Ishime” black powder and “maki-e” gold and silver powder - handmade in Japan
• Yellow gold trim
• Length: 148 mm. – maximum diameter: 16,75 mm. – weight 30 grams
• Exclusive SCRIBO nib made in 18 carat gold or in Flexible 14 carat gold
• Available sizes for 18 ct. nib: Extra Extra Fine, Extra Fine, Fine, Medium, Broad, BB, BBB and Stub
• Available sizes for 14 ct. Flex nib: Extra Fine, Fine, Medium and Broad
• Ebonite feeder ø 6,50 with 2 capillaries
• Loading capacity: 1,42 ml
• SCRIBO wooden box and pen pouch made with authentic Japanese kimono silk and “haori” ribbons
• Limited and numbered edition of 68 pieces