This is the last of the Montblanc limited edition inks for the week. I picked up William Shakespeare Velvet Red ($19 for 35ml) at Pen Place in Crown Center. It’s positively lethal to have access to fountain pens and ink and paper within walking distance of my office! I haven’t quite figured out the logic behind…
Montblanc Golden Yellow was released about the same time Lucky Orange came out this spring. Yellow inks are hard to make usable. Golden Yellow turns out to be an exception to this rule. I had the ink in my TWSBI Mini for several months and was tickled that, even with an EF nib, the ink…
Art News In sad news, Art Supply Posse recorded its last episode last week. Heather and Kathy said farewell with their favorite podcaster, Brad Dowdy. I don’t think it will be the last time we’ll hear from either of these ladies as they will both be going on to pursue other audio endeavors. In happier…
Pens: Aurora 88 Minerali Azurite Fountain Pen (via Pen Addict) Video: Matt’s Personal Top 10 Pens for 2017 (via The Pen Habit) Taccia Spectrum Fountain Pen (via Hand Over That Pen) Inks: Diamine Lapis Blue (via Alt. Haven) Diamine Flowers Iris (via Gourmet Pens) Papier Plume’s Red Beans & Rice (via Inkdependence) Robert Oster River…
I have been using Montblanc Lucky Orange in my Franklin Christoph Pocket 45 since the beginning of April. Since it’s an eyedropper filler with a fine italic nib, it could possibly take me a whole year to use up all the ink but I will likely enjoy using it the whole time. I haven’t been…
Review by Laura Cameron I am a consummate list maker. You name it: groceries, to do, vacation packing, craft projects; I’ve got a list for them all. Half the time I write items on the list just for the sheer joy of being able to cross them off later (it’s sad but true). So when…
Handmade Type Workshop by Charlotte Rivers Tips, tools & techniques for creating custom typography The book is divided into character creatin and font creation and then further divided into analog and digital creation with specific examples of how illustrators created their designs. With profiles and actual tutorials, I found this book far more useful than…
