As leader of the Facebook Group – Fountain Pens UK – Bernardo Gomes has organised 12 Christmas talks covering subjects directly associated with, and of interest to, the group membership. I was both humbled and […]

As leader of the Facebook Group – Fountain Pens UK – Bernardo Gomes has organised 12 Christmas talks covering subjects directly associated with, and of interest to, the group membership. I was both humbled and […]
The 30 day miniature portrait challenge is one of those things you see posted on social media by artists from time to time and something that I’ve always fancied having a go at. So I […]
For those of you that haven’t seen The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix – you are in for a real treat! After nearly a year of disruption entirely down to Covid 19 and dreadful political handling […]
The Reddit Fountainpen community have done it again. Another great ink created with a great name too – Writer’s Blood. Nine inks were voted on but it finally came down to option 07. For the […]
A new Diamine sheen exclusive for the German stationer chain, Penoblo. Named Penoblue, this teal blue sheening ink bleeds out a very bright turquoise when blended with water. Nice shading qualities in both the handwriting […]
Yes! This could be the first Diamine hybrid ink to be made available for general release. And it’s thanks to Bernardo Gomes of Fountain Pens UK that this opportunity has come about. Following on from […]
Another Diamine Reddit ink creation project is happening and what’s not to like? Two previous projects saw the Reddit community vote for and name what have turned out to be 2 international best sellers – […]
These are the artworks I created for the Inktober 2017 challenge. I really enjoyed doing these and just thought it would be fun to create a short video to showcase them in the concept context. […]
The Diamine Blue range will be available from Thursday 26th March 2020. Featuring all 25 colours from the Inkvent Calendar each ink comes in a fabulous and unique 50ml glass bottle. Due to the Covid […]
About six months ago, I was looking for a suitable project to showcase the qualities of fountain pen ink art through seamlessly embracing chromatography, serendipity and alchemy. It was then that I began a conversation […]