SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN

THE DESIGN SCHOOL

FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILD ENVIRONMENT

NAME: Chia Wee Min

STUDENT ID NO: 0315186

TOOL SELECTED: Felt Pen

WORD COUNT: 482 words

ENGLISH 2 (ENGL 0205)

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1: NARRATIVE ESSAY

LECTURER: CASSANDRA WIJESURIA

SUBMISSION DATE: 14TH NOVEMBER 2013

Pre-Writing (Object: Felt Pen)

Function

to write on paper - black blood skate on rough paper

Produce artwork like comic, architecture drawing.

Act as my knight by helping me to finish my artwork and also homework,

Shape & parts

Beautiful cylindrical shape but thinner at the hand griping part

5.6 inches tall with a grey plastic body and cover. The felt point tip supported

by metal collar preventing the tip from fraying. The cover is accompanied by a

shiny silver metal strip with a slight curve near the bottom.

shimmering , grey body

Weight

It is as light as a pencil but it is strong enough to withstand stress and

pressure preventing it from breaking apart.

Temperature

Cool when I hold on you especially when rushing to finish an assignment but

slowly replaced by warmth when the assignment has come to an end.

Texture

Smooth body , strips surround the hand griping part, body printed with bar

code

Colors

Grey colour body and cover with black printed bar code and Faber Castell

brand name

Sound

Produces beautiful melody when it skate on the paper , which had eased my

mood.

Trademark

at the end of the felt pen printed with grey number – 0.1

Printed Faber Castell logo and the words Faber- Castell ecco pigment.

etc

Printed part of the body fades away as time flies.

Ink drained when time goes, and my foolishness sometimes made the tip

splitting into half.

I am not complete without you my pal.

Narrative Essay: Felt Pen (Object)

When I am doing my assignment, a clear vision of an object came into my

mind. It is very useful and also can be said as my knight in my college life. It has a

beautiful cylinder shape but it is thinner at the hand griping part. It is 5.6 inches tall

which is a perfect height for me to hold and its body and cover are fully covered with

shimmering grey plastic. For its body, its tip was made of felt and it is supported by

metal collar preventing the tip from fraying. As for its cover, it is also covered with

grey plastic but it is also accompanied by a shiny, sliver metal strip with a slight curve

near the bottom of the strip. What is the object? It is my precious felt pen.

Its task is to write on paper, but that’s not an end. It also produces great

artworks such as comics and architecture drawings. Its smooth grey body coerces

me to hold it and its beautiful stripes around the hand griping part make my hand

feeling comfortable when holding it. It is as light as the lightest family member in

writing tools which is pencil but do not underestimate it by its weight because it is

strong enough to withstand stress and pressure preventing it from breaking apart. I

rely it very much on my art work especially my architecture drawing. It act as my

knight by helping me to finish my artwork and homework on time although it is cool

when I first holding on it especially rushing for assignments where the deadline is

just around the corner but the coolness slowly replaced by warmth when the

assignment has come to an end.

Another things that sooth my feeling the most when I am anxious or

frustrated is the beautiful melody when my nice, elegant Faber- Castell ecco pigment

with its end printed with grey 0.1 skate on the paper. Sometimes it sounds like a long

"boring" orchestra when I am using it to write some of my long essay and homework

and sometimes it sounds short and lively like well known song - "Entertainer" when it

is trying to make strokes and short lines.

Almost anything that has bright and nice outlook does not last long as this

phrase is not completely incorrect. Its Faber-Castell logo and its birthplace which is

Germany that printed proudly on its body fades when time flies. Coming down to the

tip of the pen, the inks also drained when times goes and sometimes my foolishness

made the felt tips of its split into two. Furthermore, my carelessness may cause one

part of its body which is the cover of the pen missing! Fortunately its shiny metal strip

made the searching job easy for me. A lovely confession to my felt pen, I am not

complete without you, my pal.

(482 words)