📆 In celebration of ballpoint pen day today, let me share the embroidery I made for @mostlymaths birthday back in February. 🪡 This is the original László Bíró’s 1938 patent for the ballpoint pen that he submited before leaving Hungary and emigrating to Argentina. Later he improved the design, filled newer patents, and ended by selling his patent rights to French businessman Marcel Bich, who in 1950 launched Bic Cristal, today’s best-selling pen worldwide. 📸 I don’t know if the Bic/Vic pun makes any sense in English (in fact it shouldn’t make sense in well-pronounced Catalan), but I took this picture when we visited the city in February and it was fun for us. #ballpointpenday #ballpointpen #contemporaryembroidery #patent #threadhappens #contemporaryembroidery #tinystitches #dmcthreads #stitchersofinstagram #embroideryartwork #embroiderersofinstagram #broderie #textileart #embroideryartist #industrialdesign #industrialdesignart #vic #bic #bicballpointpen (at Vic, Cataluna, Spain) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeoV80AN_8N/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=