Philip Ashforth Coppola has spent the last 38 years illustrating the details of New York City’s subway stations. Many of the illustrations are done with ballpoint pen and are exquisitely detailed. New York Bound Books has published small editions of bound volumes of some of the sketches. This video is from the Great Big Story…
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Fashionable Friday: Chicago is My Kind Of Town
So… I had so much fun in Atlanta that, knowing that the Chicago Pen Show is just a week away, I have decided that I MUST GO TO CHICAGO! As a native Chicagoan, the opportunity to go to a pen show AND eat an Italian Beef was too much lure for one person to withstand.…
Review: Retro 51 Bouquet (compliments of Anderson Pens)
I never thought I’d be a collector of Retro 51s. However, in the last couple of years, I’ve acquired a variety of different Poppers and a Classic Lacquer and, I must admit, I have a collection now. So, I now keep an eye out for the regular seasonal releases in the Popper series. Just prior…
Link Love: Pen Show Hangover Edition
Pen Show Recaps: Atlanta Pen Show 2016! (via Inkdependence) Atlanta Pen Show Recap (via My Pen Needs Ink) Atlanta Pen Show 2016 Prep (via Reverenced Writing) 2016 Seoul Pen Show (Spring) (via Inklode) Atlanta Pen Show: Thursday/Friday Recap (via Gentleman Stationer) Pen Show Primer, Volume 3: Tips for Surviving the Pen Show (via Gentleman Stationer)…
Atlanta Pen Show 2016: Recap
I cannot believe how quickly four days passed. The Atlanta Pen Show 2016 was four action-packed days of making tons of new friends, seeing old friends, and, of course, looking at all sorts of wallet-emptying pens, inks, paper and other wonderful goodies! To give a quick timeline, we arrived in Atlanta on Thursday afternoon and…
Notebook Review: Seawhite Artist’s Travel Journal A5
After my positive experience with the Seawhite of Brighton Starter Sketchbook, I decided to take the Seawhite Artist’s Travel Journal out for a test drive. This is their best effort to replicate a better Moleskine Artist’s Sketchbook and they did it. First of all, its a true A5 size. Second, on Amazon, its priced at…
Pen Review: Uni Signo Angelics 0.7mm Gel Pens
Since I started doing the #rockyourhandwriting challenge this month in my Field Notes Sweet Tooth editions, I’ve been having fun experimenting with all sorts of opaque gel pens. The Uni Signo Angelics ($2 each) are some of the best opaque gel pens available. The tips are 0.7mm and the pens dry to a matte finish…