Finally! My new shipment of rubber stamps came in and they are all for you! Visit the shop over on Big Cartel to place your order. This time, I ordered a few on the classic wooden handle just to see if you like them and the pricing was similar so I thought, “Why not?” If…
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Damn You, Art School and Procreate (it’ll make sense when you read the whole article)
Damn You, Art School is a web site organized by art school disciplines like architecture, fashion, illustration and others that will give you a list of recommended digital tools for a given discipline. The recommendations range from note-taking and sketching apps to business management tools like faxing and time accounting (in the Illustration tab). There…
On the topic of pencils…
I went down the pencil rabbit-hole yesterday and found a few interesting tidbits: There is more information about the new Blackwing Pearl available on the Pencils.com site and on Timberlines. The Pearl is designed to fill a spot between the original Palomino Blackwing which was described as “soft and smooth” and the Palomino Blackwing 602…
Link Love: Inkscellany
This week is another hodge-podge of pens, paper and digital tools but mostly a lot of ink reviews… mmmm… ink! Paper: Midori Traveler Star Edition Review (via Gourmet Pens) Pens and Ink: Pen Hack: Converting a Kaweco Sport into a bulb filler (via Comfortable Shoes Studio) Diamine Dark Brown Ink Review (via Inkophile) A Fire-Starting…
Inside JCrew President Jenna Lyons Office
Fast Company featured the new, young president of JCrew, Jenna Lyons in its most recent issue with photos of her office. Her space looks more boho than corner office executive. Its quirky and artsy and totally couture which seems only fitting. The article about Lyons rise to the top of the JCrew ladder is also…
Handwriting Death Knell (again)
About every few months, someone publishes a story about the death of handwriting or some variation on this theme. Today’s grim reaper is the BBC with a video article about North Carolina Congresswoman Pat Hurley, who is drafting a bill to mandate handwriting be taught in primary school. A professor of linguistics provides counterpoint describing…
Real Kansas City Workspaces
(Grace Townley’s tiny workspace. Photo by Jennifer Hack/Ink) In this week’s issue of the free weekly, Ink, there was a photo story of local KC workspaces. I love it when other people collect stories for me! There are more real workspaces to view in the article but these were my favorites.