Welcome to the 2023 summary of my fountain pen ink art project – reimagining fountain pen inks for creative purposes other than for just handwriting – which began in 2015 with no real goals or […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Tag: Diamine
The Diamine Inkvent Calendar 2023
Many thanks to Diamine for producing yet another fun Inkvent Calendar (The Purple Edition). As always, it’s been a joy to play with this most magical of mediums and it’s been great to see so […]
Nahvula SWATCH TESTS
Nahvalur, formerly Narwal Pens, are a relatively young Chinese pen company based in New Jersey USA. With an ever expanding portfolio of fountain pens and encouraged by good feedback from customers, they have very recently […]
Diamine Reddit Inks Celadon Cat and Sailors Warning are now released
And another Diamine Reddit project hits the shelves. Previous projects have seen the Reddit Fountainpen community create what have turned out to be three international best sellers – Earl Grey, Aurora Borealis and Writer’s Blood. […]
Dominant Industry Pearl SWATCH TESTS
Kindly sent to me by Anja from Papier und Stift, here are fourteen fabulous shimmer inks created by Dominant Industry – a relatively new ink manufacturer from Paju in South Korea who have made a name for themselves […]
TACCIA JEANS SWATCH TESTS
Kindly sent to me by Anja from Papier und Stift, here are seven inks that make up the Taccia Jeans set of fountain pen inks. Taccia is the writing instrument brand of Nakabayashi, an established […]
Diamine City of London Ink Set
I have recently swatch tested ten bottles of Diamine ink that make up the City of London gift set. This is an exclusive Diamine collection for BlueBlack which is a South Korean online stationery shop. […]
My top 12 inks and project review 2022
By way of introduction, this is an annual summary of my fountain pen ink art project – reimagining fountain pen inks for creative purposes other than for just handwriting – which began in 2015 with […]
The Diamine Inkvent Calendar 2022
Many congratulations and thanks to Diamine for producing yet another fun Inkvent Calendar (Number 3) and also for introducing us to a new concept of Chameleon inks (duo tone shimmer inks). As always, it’s been […]
Diamine Reddit Ink Project 2022. Vote for your favouriteS
Welcome to another Diamine Reddit collaboration. Previous projects have seen the Reddit Fountainpen community create what have turned out to be three international best sellers – Earl Grey, Aurora Borealis and Writer’s Blood. So, Phil […]
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