Review by Tina Koyama Although I use water-soluble inks for sketching when I want to wash some lines for effect, I depend on waterproof inks when I know I’m going to be using water-soluble colored pencils or watercolor, too. And when addressing envelopes, I always use waterproof ink. Platinum Carbon Black has been my…
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Inkmas Day 4: 3 Oysters Marine Green
Review by Laura Cameron When I placed my order for 3 Oysters inks, I knew I had to include a bottle of Marine Green ($18.00). That tealy-green is right up my alley, but also reminds me of blue spruce, which we had one year as our Christmas Tree. As I said, Marine Green is a…
Inkmas Day 3: DeAtramentis Document White
Review by Tina Koyama I had two main reasons for wanting to try White in the DeAtramentis Document waterproof ink series (available in 19 colors). Holiday cards often come with red or green envelopes, so I thought it would be fun to try addressing some of mine with white ink. That was my holiday…
Inkmas: Day 2, Kyo-no-oto Urahairo 08 and Keshimurasaki 09
By Jessica Coles Day 2 of the 12 Days of Inkmas! Today I am showing not one, but two new inks on the market. Urahairo 08 and Keshimurasaki 09 (each sell for $28.00 for 40mL) are new colors made for the TAG stationery store in Kyoto, Japan. This line of inks is a series produced…
Inkmas Day 1: 3 Oysters, Dancheong
Welcome to Day 1 of our annual “12 Days of Inkmas”! Laura is going to start the season with an appropriately celebratory red ink from Korean ink maker 3 Oysters. Stay tuned for more inks as Inkmas progresses. Happy Inkmas! — Ana Review by Laura Cameron It wouldn’t be Inkmas if we didn’t kick off…
Ink Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Ina-ho
Review by Laura Cameron Pilot Iroshizuku Ina-ho is the final bottle of ink that I purchased from Jesi at the St. Louis Pen Show (backed up much?). I was very intrigued by this one since Ina-ho translate to “rice ear.” Ina-ho is a brown gold color, named as such after the fields of rice ears…
Ink Review: Robert Oster Carbon Fire
Review by Jessica Coles Have you ever seen someone who has absolutely found their niche in life? Sean Connery? He was absolutely meant to be an actor. Billy Joel? Piano entertainer. It’s a pleasure to see them at their work because it seems to be a natural extension of themselves. Sometimes I wonder if Robert Oster…