This week, I’m excited to share the work of my amazing friend, Donovan Beeson. I met Donovan after I left Chicago (bummer!) when she was working on her Letter Writers Alliance project. Donovan is a fabulous illustrator, and shares my love with derelict office equipment and forgotten art supplies. We also both have a history…
I met Mike Antkowiak at the St. Louis Pen Show several years ago and have followed him on Instagram since then. Mike got his start with fountain pens early in life but didn’t really start using them until he discovered he could combine fountain pens with his love for drawing. Like so many of the…
Candace Milner (@pensivecandy) is a creative and a long-time fountain-pen-and-ink enthusiast, based in Perth, Western Australia. She was first introduced to fountain pens in primary school (many, many, many years ago). Today, she uses her pens and ink to make art. Her explorations in ink typically result in intricate patterns, detailed line-work and the use…
I love to see other folks’ sketchbooks and notebooks. I love to see a beautiful but REAL sketchbook. I like the variety of ink testing and landscape sketches and Claudia @The_Cloudy_Desk has a beautiful balance of both. Now, I’ll let Claudia of Cloudy Desk tell you a bit about themself. Hi, I’m Claudia aka The…
I don’t remember precisely how I found paper artist Yulia Brodskaya, but I do know that once I did, I couldn’t look away. I had never see such delicate paper art turned into such amazing works of art. I don’t know Yulia personally so calling her a friend is a bit of a stretch; I…
Welcome to the first post in our “Friday Friends” series. Laura and I had an idea a couple weeks ago to start featuring some of our favorite folks from the pen community. Every so often, we’ll have a post of someone amazing we’ve found on YouTube, Instargam, TikTok or wherever we find them on the…
Tomorrow is International Cat Day. If you know me, everyday is Cat Day so let’s celebrate our favorite feline couch potatoes. Trying to narrow down our combined love for stationery and cats was such a challenge. Van Dieman’s has a 15-color ink collection called Feline with fabulous illustrations on the bottles including Persian Princess which…
