I sourced these Caran d’Ache samples from Rachel and Brian at Goulet Pens and Vijay at Stationery Shop stationeryshop.scotland@gmail.com. These are a great range of inks, 18 in total, with plenty of artistic possibilities. I’ll post a couple […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Tag: Fountain Pen Inks
Kaweco Inks Test
These Kaweco samples were sourced from Rachel and Brian at Goulet Pens. This is the full range of 8 inks and a nice set of colours too. Midnight Blue – A deep dark blue handwriting ink that mixes […]
Cult Pens Diamine Inks Test
I sourced these Cult Pen Diamines from Vijay at Stationery Shop. He has an amazing collection of inks (circa 700 and counting). He’s based up in Edinburgh and supplies sample vials of ALL his stock at very […]
Top tips to help prevent fountain pen inks fading!
Like watercolour paints, fountain pen inks fade too. But don’t let this put you off. This is what I do to enhance and preserve my fountain pen ink artworks: Paper: Use heavy paper stocks of good quality (Bockingford, […]
Platinum Inks Test
These Platinum samples were sourced from Rachel and Brian at Goulet Pens. 15 have been put to the test in total. The 9 you can see as a block are mostly from the Mix Free […]
Faber-Castell Inks Test
I sourced these Faber-Castell samples from Rachel and Brian at Goulet Pens and they’re quite lovely. Carbon Black – a proper rich black ink. Mixes with water readily with a hint of purple at the swatch edge. A […]
Monteverde and Montegrappa Ink Tests
It could be that I’ve been up to my neck in the day job for the last 2 weeks and the continuity has lapsed, who knows? I didn’t warm to these inks at all. They […]
Quink Black and Red Ink – Transformer
One of my favourite images from a truly wonderful album, Transformer. The Parker black and red inks just blend beautifully and their reaction with the bleach is always pure gold. I just hope it does […]
Blackstone Ink Review 02
Kevin at the JustWrite Pen Company has very kindly sent me 4 more inks to test. So what can they do? Blackstone Black – this is a thicker ink than the Stump. Doesn’t blend that easily with water, washing out in gradations […]
Diamine Teal – Of the Sea
Having learnt to sail on the River Medway, in the days when Chatham Dockyard was still a Royal Navy base, the experience was one that has never left me. I have spent the majority of […]
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