Tomorrow I head out for St. Louis for the pen show. Will you be there too? If not, I hope you are having a wonderful summer and maybe I’ll see you somewhere else in the future?
Until then, have fun with this week’s links including Mike of Inkdependence’s entry into our #21PenQuestions project.
Pens:
- The Pen That Started It All (via The Pen Addict)
- The Best Brush Pens for Drawing Comics (via JetPens)
- Lamy Safari in Solar Opposites (via Bleistift)
- The Advantages of Dip Nibs (via Krafty Cats)
- Sakura Mixline Highlighter Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Video-Review: Montblanc 149 Calligraphy Curved Nib (Special Edition) (via Scrively)
- Kaweco Bronze Sport (via dapprman)
- The Ark of Pens (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Ink:
- Ink Review #2234: KWZ Meet Me In St Louis 2023 (via Mountain of Ink)
- Van Dieman’s Cloudburst on Muji Planting Tree (via Inkcredible Colours)
- June Rainbows Ink Palettes (via Mountain of Ink)
- Vinta Mulberry on Kokuyo Perpanep Tsuru Tsuru (via Inkcredible Colours)
- thINKthursday – Colorverse Project Constellation a Leo (via Anderson Pens Blog)
- Ink of the Week – Visconti Blue (via Fountain Pen Love)
- Moody Colors in My Pens (via Dime Novel Raven)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Reaching the half-way mark of the year….. (via Philofaxy)
- Your Favourite Organiser – Reader Series (via Philofaxy)
- Seven Years of Morning Pages (Almost) (via From the Pen Cup)
Art & Creativity:
- Live sketchbook tour: Volume 171 (via Liz Steel)
- Book of Earth: A Guide to Ochre, Pigment, and Raw Color (via Kottke.org)
- Fun With Daniel Smith Color Dots (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- New Sketchbook – Number 150! (via Apple-Pine)
- Spring Cleaning and Youtube. (via Apple-Pine)
- Best pen displays for artists in 2023: My recommendations (via Parka Blogs)
Other Interesting Things:
- Come along to the US Stamp Caravan – Good Postage, The Paper Seahorse, Dromgoole’s, and Two Hands Paperie (via TRAVELER’S COMPANY USA)
- A Return to Analogue (via Krafty Cats)
- #21Questions from Well Appointed Desk (via Inkdependence!)
- I just bought the only physical encyclopedia still in print, and I regret nothing | Ars Technica (via The Cramped)
- Hundreds of Mermaids Spotted in Coney Island (via Hyperallergic)
- Will Apple’s Vision Pro Find A Place In The Designer’s Toolbox? (via Dieline)
- Adorable Squirrel Portraits Show Their Unexpected Side (via My Modern Met)
- Apollo Remastered (via Kottke.org)
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