Ink, A New Medium
Last Christmas, we met our oldest son’s family in Oxford, UK for a school event for one of the grandsons.
While we were there, I discovered a wonderful store with pens and inks.
My husband bought me the Inkvent 2023, a collection of 25 Diamine inks in an advent calendar.
Getting through customs two times to continue our travels, was an interesting challenge as the customs agents in both airports checked the number of ounces allowed for travel, a total of 24 tiny sealed bottles with 12ml, plus a larger sealed bottle with 30ml.
They fit well within the allowance, and also fit into the airport’s small-size baggie after I took them all out of their beautiful advent calendar packaging.
In favor of simplifying my travel, I finally ditched the shaped plastic holder and perforated advent doors for the inks.
I have started trying out the inks with various dip pens and nibs. Needing more practice, I am using a simple ink pen to dip as I discover how much ink is needed.
My trial below includes writing on several strips of paper plus the entire Meditation Drawing and is actually from only one dip into the ink.
I look forward to when I gain more control with the wider shaped nibs for more decorative flourishes.
© 2024 Kathryn Hardage