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, […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Category: shimmer ink
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 […]
Merry Xmas Happy New Year
A Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to all you Ink Geeks! Diamine Shimmer Inks on Cartridge – Magenta Flash and Tropical Glow with an automatic pen
They work on black too! – Diamine Shimmer Inks
I used all 22 shimmer inks on a black envelope. There’s a slight hint of their base colours but it’s mainly the golds and silvers that stand out. I have to add that they only […]
Getting Glittery – Diamine Shimmer Inks
A few sample pieces for Phil Davies at Diamine showing the diversity of his shimmer inks – and you can’t do this with a gel pen! In fact I did this with a Noodler’s Ahab […]
Diamine Shimmer Inks 2016 – Get it on!
Following on from last years runaway success and Christmas 2016 approaching fast, Diamine are currently releasing a new range of Shimmer Inks which Christine Joynson very kindly sent me a batch to test. Now whether […]
J Herbin 1670 Caroube de Chypre ink test
To follow on from the amazing Emerald de Chivor was always going to be a challenge but J Herbin haven’t done a bad job. It’s a lovely bark brown, the gold works well and there’s a wonderful […]
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