And a Happy New Year to everyone! 2020 was a difficult year on so many levels. But, if there is a plus side to all of this, it would appear that during the lay offs […]

And a Happy New Year to everyone! 2020 was a difficult year on so many levels. But, if there is a plus side to all of this, it would appear that during the lay offs […]
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 […]
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 – […]
Rifling through the post last week I came across a small package kindly sent to me by Scribble Monboddo – our very own Purple Prince of the United Inkdom. In it was a sample of […]
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 […]
On Saturday 15th February 2020 I ran a fountain pen ink art for ten students at the INTRA Arts hub in Rochester. The first part of the workshop was spent looking at several different fountain […]
By employing water based techniques, one can achieve a convincing watercolour style painting by simply letting the inks do what they do. The demonstration below, has been created using one ink, Diamine Earl Grey. At first […]
So here it is. My last post for 2019 and appropriately, it’s the swatch test card images of the 25 inks from the Diamine Inkvent Calendar. A perfect end to an incredible year of ink […]
Although for some, 2019 has been a frustrating year – and Seitz Kreuznach picked up on that with their Diamine Bloody Brexit exclusive – for us Ink Geeks, it’s been absolutely ‘bloody’ fantastic! For those […]
A couple of months back, Robert Oster sent me some inks to sample. As he comes from Down Under it just seemed appropriate to create a map of Australia using his products. Turned out pretty […]