And here are the most recent eight Diamine 150th Anniversary fountain pen ink colours. These are rich vivid inks with stacks of excellent chromatography, sheening and bleach reaction. If there is one weak link from […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Category: Diamine
Diamine 150th Anniversary Ink Giveaway
In a bid to promote my fountain pen ink and bleach project further, I have an 8 piece set of 150th Anniversary Diamine Inks to giveaway. And they’re gorgeous colours too! For a chance to […]
Diamine Shimmer Inks 2017
Following on from last year’s runaway success and Christmas 2017 approaching fast, Diamine are currently releasing a new range of Shimmer Inks which Phil Davies has very kindly sent me a batch to test. There […]
New Diamine Shimmer Inks
EXCLUSIVE! Straight from the factory! The 10 brand new Diamine Shimmer Inks! For us to test at this Saturday’s workshop! 5 places left! Come along. Details below:
Diamine Inks as an alternative watercolour medium?
It’s slowly starting to get there. I used 7 Diamine colours: Classic Red, Midnight Blue, Blue Black, Sunshine Yellow, Onyx Black, Peach and Ochre. To be honest I could have done it with five but […]
Diamine Fountain Pen Ink Colour Wheel
I have been trying to get a colour wheel completed for a while – just to demonstrate that for the ultimate art journal palette you don’t need every colour of ink available – you can […]
Diamine Amazing Amethyst – The Kraken Wakes
Just before I crack on with the Private Reserve tests I thought I’d post this – a little fun test art featuring the Kraken using my new pet favourite fountain pen ink Diamine Amazing Amethyst – […]
Celestial Calligraffiti with Diamine inks, bleach and metals
Calligraffiti is about abstracting calligraphy, type and graffiti with traditional precision and modern unbridled self-expression. Working with adults and sixth form students from Medway (non of whom have had any type or calligraphy experience) we have tried to […]
Diamine Chopin with Peach Haze
It is said that grey and orange are complimentary colours. This is a little test to prove that this is the case with Diamine. Quite like the way the gold seal bleeds into the orange stripe too. […]
Diamine Dark Inks Test
The UK based Diamine company, has been manufacturing fountain pen inks since 1864 using traditional methods and formulas for their production. I have recently tested 78 samples, which I’ll be posting over the coming days. Here is my […]
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