Review by Laura Cameron
Several weeks ago Ana posted a photo of Sailor Jentle Four Seasons Inks and I quickly became smitten with the Sakura-Mori (Cherry Blossom). I thought it was a beautiful peachy-pinky color and I wanted it for my new Cross Botannica (more about that one in an upcoming post).
The bottle of Sakura-Mori arrived about a week ago and I couldn’t wait to play with it. I recently watched Azizah’s video (The Gourmet Pen) and I was eager to try out some of her techniques in sampling the ink.
First I created a color swatch using my Col-o-ring book. While the ink is very salmon-colored, I was interested to see just a bit of purple appear towards the top of the swatch, where I tried to make it the darkest.
When I moved on to creating some ink splotches, I was shocked to see that there were reds and purples, in addition to the pinks and oranges. I really enjoyed seeing other ways the ink appeared in applications other than a fine nib in writing, where it only appeared in the light pink color.
As I added text to the larger sample, I was really pleased with the way the ink performed. It wrote very smoothly, and flowed evenly onto the page. I do note that it is not very water resistant, and all attempts, even those left overnight, were pretty affected by water. This would, however, make a beautiful pale pink wash if that was something you wanted.
- Paper: Maruman Mnemosyne N182A Inspiration Notebook A5 ($10.50)
- Pen: Cross Botannica, Fine Nib ($150)
- Swatch: Col-o-Ring Ink Testing Cards ($10)
- Ink: Sailor Jentle Sakura Mori ($15.50)
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Laura is a tech editor, podcaster, knitter, spinner and recent pen addict. You can learn more about her knitting and tea adventures on her website, The Corner of Knit & Tea and can find her on Instagram as Fluffykira.
I haven’t tried Sakuri Mori yet, but I’ve ordered a sample and will be trying it soon. I love pink inks, especially soft, peachy-pink colors. And this one looks like it will have plenty of shading along with those complex colors underneath. Thanks for this review! You did a fantastic job pointing out all the different features of this beautiful ink.
Ooh, that’s a fun ink!