Costas Schuler and his pen-covered Mercedes-Benz always have the write of way.
Schuler's 1981 300SD is covered inside and out with 10,000 pens -- a work of art that he naturally called the Mercedes Pens. He uncapped his creative side five years ago, using recycled pens to transform his vehicle, after seeing a book about artists who treated their autos like canvasses.
It's very vibrant, it's alive, said Schuler, 39, of Forestville, Calif. It's an amazing form of expression.
Silicone glue holds in place 500 pounds of ballpoints, color markers and the stray mechanical pencil or two over almost the entire surface of the car.
Doing this to your car and then driving it around is kind of gutsy, Schuler told AOL News. There's not a lot of people that do that.
The metamorphosis into the Pen Guy began quietly for Schuler. Reading Harrod Blank's Art Cars book planted the seed in Schuler's head to decorate his Mercedes.
He was stumped as to how to garnish the car until a eureka moment struck him: It dawned on him that pens are a plentiful product that could find a second life stuck to the hood of his whip.
I figured it was easy to collect. People just throw them out. It was a medium that was easy to acquire, because everybody has a jar full of them.
One night the dream became reality.
Full story: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/12/10-000-pens-1-crazy-mercedes/
Schuler's 1981 300SD is covered inside and out with 10,000 pens -- a work of art that he naturally called the Mercedes Pens. He uncapped his creative side five years ago, using recycled pens to transform his vehicle, after seeing a book about artists who treated their autos like canvasses.
It's very vibrant, it's alive, said Schuler, 39, of Forestville, Calif. It's an amazing form of expression.
Silicone glue holds in place 500 pounds of ballpoints, color markers and the stray mechanical pencil or two over almost the entire surface of the car.
Doing this to your car and then driving it around is kind of gutsy, Schuler told AOL News. There's not a lot of people that do that.
The metamorphosis into the Pen Guy began quietly for Schuler. Reading Harrod Blank's Art Cars book planted the seed in Schuler's head to decorate his Mercedes.
He was stumped as to how to garnish the car until a eureka moment struck him: It dawned on him that pens are a plentiful product that could find a second life stuck to the hood of his whip.
I figured it was easy to collect. People just throw them out. It was a medium that was easy to acquire, because everybody has a jar full of them.
One night the dream became reality.
Full story: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/12/10-000-pens-1-crazy-mercedes/
