I seem to forget about it every year, but Monday was International Left Hander’s Day. Since 75% of the staff here at The Well-Appointed Desk is left-handed, pretty much everyday is left-handed day here so I think its easy for us to forget about it. Luckily, my pals over at Letter Writers Alliance remembered so…
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Ink Overview: Taccia Inks
Taccia introduced its own line of inks at the San Francisco Pen Show. The full line includes 13 colors in 40ml glass bottles. The bottles looked like slightly taller versions of the Sailor (more like the Storia bottles but not frosted) The colors are a good range of colors (black, blue, red, orange, green) plus…
Watercolor Review: Viviva Colorsheets
Review by Tina Koyama Concentrated watercolor paint stored on paper has intrigued me for a long time: Thin and lightweight, it seems like the ultimate portable paint kit! Several years ago when I first began urban sketching, I bought a booklet of Nicholson’s Peerless Water Colors with that thought in mind. Around the same time,…
Link Love: Green Ink & Burnout
Pens: News: Introducing the Lamy Safari Petrol Pen Collection (via Pen Chalet Blog) Kaweco Student Demonstrator Fountain Pen (via The Pencilcase Blog) Retro 51 Tornado Prism (via Anderson Pens Blog) The Wink Pen (via Pen Addict) Tale of a Vandal Pen User: Nibs Part 3 Revisiting Japanese Favorites (via Peaceable Writer) Visconti Homo Sapiens Dark…
Review: Plumchester Square Sketchbook
Review by Tina Koyama When I first saw it, I was immediately thrilled by the rich plum color of the new Plumchester Square Sketchbook – with a yellow-gold elastic and matching ribbon bookmark! I don’t know about you, but I don’t see nearly enough of the purple/gold complement anywhere, much less the stationery world. Let’s…
Notebook Review: Field Notes “Dime Novel” Edition
Review by Tina Koyama Field Notes Brand’s latest quarterly edition is out: Dime Novel. The notebook itself is a delightful surprise in many ways, but before I get to that, I’ll mention the theme. An homage to the cheap paperback novel of the mid-19th century, Dime Novel was inspired by both the genre’s form and…
Eye Candy: Penlux Inks
Penlux ink is available from The Pen Show. Each bottle is 50ml and is made by Sailor for Penlux. The colors are based on antique Japanese colors. Originally, I purchased three colors (Amber, Pine and Rouge) from the Dolives at the DC Show ($30 each) but there are six colors currently available. I broke down…
