Adam Whittaker from Exaclair has very kindly sent me a sample of the new silver shimmer ink from Jacques Herbin to test – Kyanite du Nepal – a continuation of the 1798 range (for the Cornaline […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further it’s creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Category: shimmer ink
Shimmertastic! New Diamine Shimmer Inks for 2018
It’s that time of year again and Diamine are releasing their latest additions to the Shimmer Inks range on 1st October 2018. Eight new colours featuring three silvers: Starlit Sea, Peacock Flare and Neon Lime […]
Herbin 1798 – Cornaline d’Egypte
Adam Whittaker from Exaclair has very kindly sent me a sample of the new metallic ink from Herbin to test – Cornaline d’Egypt – part of a new range I assume, of 1798. Now whether […]
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:
Herbin 1798 meets Herbin 1670
The new Jacques Herbin 1798 Amethyste De L’Oural is a very lovely ink indeed and reacts with bleach a treat. But did you know that when you blend it with Caroube de Chypre and Emeraude de Chivor, […]
De Atramentis Pearlescent Inks 02
I was very kindly sent these pen ink samples by Scribble at Unitedinkdom.This is my second visit to these inks. You can see my first review here. Shimmer inks are a strange and relatively new off […]
De Atramentis Pearlescent Inks
Here is half of the De Atramentis Pearlescent range. The range consists of ten colours – each colour has four metal finishes – Bronze, Silver, Gold and Copper. Here we have Cyan Blue, Brilliant Violet, Carnelian Red, Whiskey […]
Emeraude de Chivor – A Quick Dip
This a quick test to start putting into practice some of the wonderful behaviours of fountain pen inks learned over the last 18 months. J Herbin 1670 Emeraude de Chivor is a magnificent ink. Not […]
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