Link Love: Letterlocking

Thanks to readers, I have even MORE links this week than ever, if you can believe it!  So, this week is chock-a-block with links. In the Art & Creativity section has a few journal and sketchbook links that might appeal to every stationery fan. And of course, I couldn’t resist including a few cat-related posts in Other Interesting Things. ENJOY!

Pens:

• Laban Skeleton: perfect if bling is your thing (via UK fountain pens)
• Sailor Pro Gear demonstrator (via Flex & Other Follies)
• My simple pen and paper set up for work (via Chicana Writes)
• Pelikan M600 Black, M600 14K Medium, inked with Diamine Green Black (via TooManyPelikans)
• Visconti Kaleido Voyager Forest Green Unboxing and Review (via Penultimate Dave)
• A Dozen Favorite Fountain Pen Inks (via An Inkophile’s Blog)
• Pen Cleaning Day (via The Pen Addict)
• How-To: Identify Manufacturer and Model of a Fountain Pen (via KraftyCats)
• The Best Pens for the Lab (via JetPens)
• How the Ballpoint Pen Changed the Way We Write (via JetPens Blog)
• Visconti Divina Typhoon Blu Unboxing and Review (via Penultimate Dave)
• Review: ONOTO Magna Sequoyah Fountain Pen (via The Pencilcase Blog)
• Platinum Desk Fountain Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Early thoughts on the Online Campus Fluffy Cats fountain pen. (via Fountain pen blog)

Ink:

• Wearingeul Demien Inks (via Mountain of Ink)
• Wearingeul Jekyll to Hyde Ink Set (via Mountain of Ink)
• Diamine Aurora Borealis on Yamamoto Ro-Biki (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Diamine 150th Anniversary Edition Silver Fox (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Thai Pilot Inks (via Crónicas Estilográficas)

Pencils:

• The 26 Best Pencils for 2022: Wooden and Mechanical Pencils (via JetPens Blog)
• E Wolff & Son – The Leighton Pencil / Pure Cumberland Lead Pencil (via Pencil Fodder)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Moleskine removes all references to Taiwan from its notebooks (via Boing Boing)
• Washing my linen (via Nero’s Notes Blog)
• BIG Bomo, 3 months on (via Nero’s Notes Blog)
• The best supplies for making monthly spreads in your bullet journal (via All About Planners)
• Landmark Life Events…. (via Philofaxy)
• Handwriting is still important – Julian Summerhayes (via The Cramped)
• Hobonichi as a Bullet Journal (via Rediscover Analog)
• Editor-in-chief’s small notebook carrying set (as of January 2022) –Every day, stationery. (via Mai-Bun)
• Video-Review: Ateliers Phileas “Yokohama” (A5 Leather Notebook Cover) (via Scrively)

Art & Creativity:

• How Does the FBI Art Crime Team Operate? (via Hyperallergic)
• Tony Fitzpatrick’s Last Museum Show (via Hyperallergic)
• The World of Fairy Tales: Dreamy Illustrations by David Listón (via Design You Trust)
• Indian Paper Artist Creates Mindblowing Papercuts (via Design You Trust)
• 100 essential free resources for graphic designers in 2022 (via Creative Boom)
• A week of continuous line drawings (via Liz Steel)
• A walkthrough of my diary (via Austin Kleon)
• The Journal as Workbook (via RozWoundUp)
• How I choose which sketchbook to start (via Apple-Pine)
• Late Bloomer (and Thoughts on Lines) (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• More six-colour mixing (via Liz Steel)
• Book Review: Fashion illustration: Outfit of the Day (via Parka Blogs)
• Learn to Paint Magical Scenes in Thread in a New Book by Embroidery Artist Emillie Ferris (via Colossal)
• Book Review: Mike Mignola: The Quarantine Sketchbook (via Parka Blogs)
• ORLA KIELY – new designs (via print & pattern)

Other Interesting Things:

• Analog Coping Mechanisms (via From the Pen Cup)
• My Writing Style (via dapprman)
• Why I Love Natural (Undyed) Leather and Why You Shouldn’t Worry If It Gets Dirty (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• What’s an Andretti typewriter? (via The Typewriter Revolution blog)
• Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack (via It’s Nice That)
• My Recent Media Diet, the Belated End of 2021 Edition (via Kottke.org)
• Aardman director Gavin Strange on rebranding the beloved animation studio for 2022 (via Creative Boom)
• Artist Illustrates Daily Struggles And Life With A Cat In Humorous Comics (via Design You Trust)
• Stray Cats Save Osaka Restaurant from Going Out of Business During Pandemic (via Spoon & Tamago)
• 10 Ways to Invite More Ease into Your Days and Why it Matters (via My Giant Strawberry)
• How European Royals Once Shared Their Most Important Secrets (via NY Times)
• Soaking up the Fullness of our Day // Love Letter, January 2022 (via Baum-Kuchen Blog)

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