If you’re looking for three stunning sheening inks at a very reasonable price then here you go. These three beauties from Pure Pens were exclusively created for them by Diamine, and I hope you’ll agree, they look stunning.
In 2021 Pure Pens released a small range of inks to celebrate their 17th anniversary. The three inks commemorate the 1839 Chartist Uprising in Newport, South Wales – their hometown. The three colours available: John Frost (Green), Westgate Hotel (Blue) and People’s Charter (Red) are all sheening inks made exclusively for Pure Pens by Diamine.
John Frost was the leader of a group of chartists who marched from the Western Valley to Newport which culminated in a massacre outside the Westgate Hotel at the hands of the army and police. The Chartists were fighting for 6 updates to the democratic system in the UK.
The front of the labels are unique to each colour, whereas the left side makes up the shield of the City of Newport and the right side shows a section of the Chartist Mosiac Mural. The mural was created in 1978 in Newport City Centre by renown mosaic artist Kenneth Budd and recreated in 1:4 scale in 2019 by Budd’s son, after the original was destroyed.
“The trustees of the work of Kenneth Budd kindly allowed us to print the mural on the label and we have agreed to make a small donation from the sale of each bottle to the Stroke Association,” Pure Pens
If you would like to know more or get hold some, here’s a link for you: https://www.purepens.co.uk/products/pure-pens-ink-john-frost
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