Link Love: Brad’s Big Week

While the big news for lots of folks was a good trip to DC for the pen show, for Brad effin’ Dowdy, it was an exceptionally big week. And friends celebrate friends. So, let’s all cheer for (and tease) Brad for appearing on WNYC and also launching a collaboration with Rickshaw Bags to release the new version of the Sinclair 3-pen case which will be available in a couple weeks at the SF Pen Show.

Go Brad! Go Brad! Rock on with yer bad self!

Link of the Week:

• Favorite Pens, on WNYC (via The Pen Addict)

Pens:

• Video-Review: Aurora Optima (via Scrively)
• Troubleshooting the Brause EF66 Nib (via The Postman’s Knock)
• CY @Tokyo Station Pens Nib Grinding at Yoseka – In Store August 18th! (via Yoseka Stationery )
• miscellaneous ii (via ink between the teeth)

Ink:

• Vanness Healing Stone Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Cult Pens Michael on Midori MD (via Inkcredible Colours)
• PenBBS Season 17 & 18 (via Mountain of Ink)
• Ink Review: Dominant Industry Autumn Forest & Periwinkle Blue (via Pen Chalet Blog)
• Tono & Lims Who Are You? (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Sheaffer Bling (via Mountain of Ink)
• Rohrer & Klingner Sketchink Thea (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• My current top 5 inks. (via Fountain pen blog)

Pencils:

• Review: Caran d’Ache Neocolor II (Beya Rebaï Limited Edition Sets) (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Unique Notebooks From Japan (via JetPens Blog)
• Celebrities/Famous People that use a Filofax? (via Philofaxy)
• Blue Themed weekly spread in the Plum Paper Quad Lined layout (via All About Planners)

Art & Creativity:

• A creative freelancer’s guide to getting back to work after a summer break (via Creative Boom)
• Journal Sketch: New dog, coffee and sunsets. (via Writing at Large)
• An Artist Chases the Ghost of Her Father (via Hyperallergic)
• Spotlight on Nature: Tips and Techniques for Drawing and Painting Nature on Location (Urban Sketching Handbook)(via Parka Blogs)
• On My Table: First Day of August 2022. (via Apple-Pine)
• How I make a collage (via Austin Kleon)
• Talens Art Creation Sketchbook Review (via Notebook Stories)

Other Interesting Things:

• Delicate Lace Patterns Overlay Facades in Ornate Large-Scale Murals by NeSpoon (via Colossal)
• Painted with Mesmerizing Precision, Innumerable Dots Cloak Stones in Hypnotic Patterns (via Colossal)
• Brooklyn Public Library Is Inviting You to Borrow From Their Vinyl Collection (via Hyperallergic)
• Artist Recreates Old Ceremonial Portraits By Replacing Their Subjects With Cats (via Design You Trust)
• UNO Unveils Takashi Murakami Artiste Deck (via Dieline)
• One year later… (via The Pen Addict)
• 2022 D.C. Pen Show: Short Friday Recap and Saturday Details (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• 10 Things to Do at a Pen Show Other Than Buy More Pens (via The Gentleman Stationer)

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