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 […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Tag: Sheening Ink
Diamine Exclusives for Art from the Heart
Introducing Throttle Bottom and Damp Squib – two Diamine exclusives produced for online UK stationers Art from the Heart which are to be released imminently. The middle alphabet is a blend of the 2 inks […]
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. […]
MORE Wearingeul swatch tests
As mentioned previously, Wearingeul are a fairly new brand to me. Based in South Korea they continue to expand their stationery ranges with some very nice, sheening, shimmer and shading fountain pen inks along with […]
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 […]
ART from the heart Diamine ExclusiveS REVIEW
Introducing Fluster Cluck and Falling Upwards – two Diamine exclusives produced for online UK stationers Art from the Heart which are to be released on 21st November 2022. I love pairs of inks that can […]
Jacques Herbin Violet Impérial
Lawrence Savage at Exaclair very likely sent me a sample of Violet Impérial to test. This is a brand new addition to the exclusive 1670 range. As background information – the Jacques Herbin brand was created in […]
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