Both Austin Kleon and Kottke (in reference to Thom Yorke of Radiohead) discuss audio archives this week. These recordings, both lost and found, represent different creative efforts. Adam Hacklander is interviewed on My Modern Met discussing his creative archives in the form of visual travel diaries and Thomas Thorspecken’s lost journal was returned in a post mentioned on Notebook Stories this week. Paper planners are mentioned in the Wall Street Journal as a trend. And planners represent yet another physical artifact of our lives. But we know all this already, don’t we? Go forth, create your own archives this week.
Pens:
- Opus 88 Demonstrator with 1.5mm Stub Nib (via The Pen Addict)
- Platinum Coarse Nib vs. Nakaya Extra Broad Nib (via Gourmet Pens)
Ink:
- Fumisome Chlorophyll (via Macchiato Man)
- J. Herbin Kyanite du Népal (via The Pen Addict)
- De Atramentis Lin Jue Ming (via Alt. Haven)
- Hypercolors 41Nb (Niobium) (via STALÓWKA)
- Ink Sample Vial and Ink Swatch Card Storage Systems (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
- Inky fingers, June 2019 (via UK fountain pens)
- Sailor Ink Studio Set 17 (via Mountain of Ink)
Pencils:
Eberhard Faber’s “Graphite Pencil Company” (via Contrapuntalism)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Profolio Oasis Notebook Review (via Fountain Pen Love)
- Interview: Avid Adventurer Reveals His Brilliant Travel Journal Ideas (via My Modern Met)
- Lost and Found Sketchbook (via Notebook Stories)
- Custom Writing Pads from Blank Slate Paper Company (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Calendar Ruler Set – Present & Correct (via The Cramped)
- The Trendy New Way to Organize Your Schedule: A Paper Planner – WSJ (via The Cramped)
Art & Creativity:
- Stonehenge Aqua Black Watercolor Paper Review (via Doodlewash)
- Hahnemühle Sketchbooks (via Notebook Stories)
- In Context: Looking at the Arteza Watercolor Book Part 3 (via RozWoundUp)
- Renesans half pan watercolour range (via Jane Blundell Artist)
Other Interesting Things:
- The fate of an archive (via Austin Kleon)
- Plastic Bag Bans Might Do More Harm Than Good (via Kottke.org)
- “MINIDISCS [HACKED]” by Radiohead (via Tools and Toys)
- Shopping in Japan… from the comfort of home. (via Calligraphy Nut)
- Kokuyo Shellbro Pen Case (via Ink Sharks)
- TRU RED Stationery Review (via The Poor Penman)
- 5 Medical Supplies All Fountain Pen Addicts Can’t Live Without (via Rediscovering Analog)
“What I found was that sales of garbage bags actually skyrocketed after plastic grocery bags were banned,” Plastic Bag Bans Might Do More Harm Than Good (via Kottke.org)
I don’t think we can use this as a case to continue to use the thin, single use plastic grocery bags. Yes, I reused a lot of mine for things such as rubbish bin liners, picking up dog poo etc, but I still threw a lot away when I unpacked the groceries because they were torn and not able to be reused because they are so thin. The ones I buy now are thicker, but they are also larger and hold more so I use less of them than the single-use ones. I am also more mindful of their use because I am actually paying for them at the supermarket. For me, the biggest saving on not having flimsy single-use bags is that fewer plastic bags should end up as litter, polluting our environment and finding their way to the rivers and ocean where they are ingested by turtles, fish, whales, birds etc mistaking them for jellyfish. We ingest a teaspoon a week of micro plastics in our food because of discarded plastic getting into our food chain https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-12/microplastic-study-reveals-global-ingestion-rates/11199498. Being mindful of the environment is a complex issue with no easy sound-bite answers.
I agree. I started buying compostable cat poop bags instead of using plastic grocery bags. They are more expensive and it’s hard to find good sized bags that are legitimately compostable. But you’re right, there is no easy answer to the environmental waste problem.
Please, tell me, what was used for dawing this?? Markers or ink pen? Can’t recognize. Looks like gray markers…https://wowpencils.com/ohuhu-markers-review/ ohuhu?? or ciao copics mb….so smooth half-shades
I believe that Chris Grine used Copic markers to create the artwork.