Link Love: Hello, Atelier!

Last year, I was interviewed for the podcast Hello, Atelier and the episode has finally been released. Enjoy listening to me wax poetic about fountain pens and ink. This podcast is super well-edited and makes me sound like I know what I’m talking about! They have even included a few photos of my studio.

Pens:

• Forces of Nature: a Look at the Visconti Homo Sapiens Lava Colors Collection (via Penquisition)
• Review: ENSSO Italia Titanium Fountain Pen (via The Pencilcase Blog)

Ink:

• Robert Oster Australis Hydra (via Mountain of Ink)
• Adventures in Ink Mixing (via Mountain of Ink)
• Octopus Fluids Inks Set 5 (via Mountain of Ink)
• Intermediate Guide to Fountain Pen Inks: Sheen, Shading, Shimmer, and More (via JetPens)
• PenBBS #385 Xin Qiji (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• PenBBS #520 (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Diamine Blaze Orange (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Diamine Imperial Purple (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Robert Oster Saguaro Green Ink Review: Pen Chalet Exclusive Ink (via Pen Chalet)
• Fountain Pen Ink Review: Scribe x Troublemaker Inks Pawikan (via Rants of The Archer)

Pencils:

• Gorging on Graphite (via Nero’s Notes)
• Vintage Gem: The Dixon Ticonderoga Woodgrain Pencil (via The Gentleman Stationer)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Yamamoto Paper Tasting Washi Vol. 1: A Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Your Planner Will Fail If You Don’t Do This (via Planner Fun)
• Planning Daily Without Daily Pages (via Planner Fun)
• How to use a digital notebook (5 functional uses) (via All About Planners)
• The Scale of Paper Absorption Part Two (via Left Hook Pens)

Art & Creativity:

• Viviva Colorsheets Review Portable Watercolor Set (via Notebook Stories)
• Artist Creates Intricately Patterned Artworks by Delicately Stitching Colourful Threads Into Leaves (via Design You Trust)
• RISD Continuing Education Announces 140-plus Online Courses This Spring (via Hyperallergic)
• Get a blast of visual inspiration from these award-winning design projects (via Creative Boom)
• All About Paintbrushes: What Type to Use and How to Clean Them (via My Modern Met)
• What is on my table? January 2021. (via Apple-Pine)
• A few tips for beginners (via Liz Steel)
• In Context—More Brush Pen Sketching (via RozWoundUp)

Other Interesting Things:

• A Day at the MoMA with Bill Murray (via Design You Trust)
• Last Night’s Northern Lights (via Kottke.org)
• Orbit the Moon in Realtime (via Kottke.org)
• Repair What You Make (via Modern Daily Knitting)
• Life in Lochby-down (via Nero’s Notes)
• Kokuyo NeoCritz Worxus Pencil Case Review (via The Pen Addict)
• ‘My Salinger Year’, and Oodles of Typewriters (via oz.Typewriter)
• Kansas City Librarians’ Book Recommendations For A ‘Fresh Start’ In 2021 (via KCUR 89.3)
• Stream Afrofuturist Gems, Including John Akomfrah’s The Last Angel of History (via Hyperallergic)
• When UK Punk Rock Fought White Supremacy (via Hyperallergic)

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