This week is big in the art world and the chance to see a legendary print created by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai called Under the Wave. Both the Nelson-Atkins Museum here in KC and the Art Institute in Chicago is putting this beautiful print on exhibit in different exhibitions. There’s something mesmerizing and a bit menacing about this print. Nature is beautiful and frightening. I can’t wait to see the print in person.
Links of the Week:
- Hokusai: Waves of Inspiration from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (via Nelson-Atkins Museum)
- “The Great Wave” Graces Art Institute of Chicago Galleries (via My Modern Met)
Pens:
- Dip Pen Comparison: Kakimori Metal Nibs vs. Tom’s Studio One-Dip Nibs (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- A comprehensive guide to stub nibs – by Ricardo (via Extra Fine Writing)
- Using the Pilot Hi Tec C Coleto Again (via Stationery)
Ink:
- My 10 Favorite Black Inks (via Mountain of Ink)
- Robert Oster Dragon’s Night Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)
- How we talk about the price of ink (via Stationery)
- Ink Review #830: Diamine Green Ed. Celebration (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- Ink Review #2631: Private Reserve Fast Dry American Blue (via Mountain of Ink)
- Emotional Support Inks (via Dime Novel Raven)
Pencils:
- I Like Mechanical Pencils, Too (via Rachel’s Reflections)
Notebooks & Paper:
- I like big books… (via Nero’s Notes)
- Leaving better breadcrumbs in my Hobonichi’s tracker (via mnmlscholar)
Art & Creativity:
- Voting is Important! (via Apple-Pine)
- Handbound Hahnemühle (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Ocher ‘Terra’ Watercolour Palette from Sister’s Ink Review (via Doodlewash)
- Art Tarotscope for the Fall Equinox (via Hyperallergic)
- A Watercolor Kit for Journals (via An Inkophile’s Blog)
Other Interesting Things:
- 1,000-Year-Old Pictish Ring Discovered in Scotland (via My Modern Met)
- A Stamp Collection Is a Vivid Ode to Endangered Animals (via Colossal)
- Wes Anderson Is Museum Bound (via Kottke.org)
- 2025 Sarcastic Vintage Calendar by Anne Taintor (via Design You Trust)
- Visit to NBC Stationery and Gifts (Raffles City outlet) in Singapore (via Inkcredible Colours)
- U.S. Postal Service Announces No Stamp Price Changes for January 2025 (via USPS Newsroom)
- A September Stationery Haul (via Inky Imaginings)
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