Link Love: How Wet is That Ink?

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Link of the Week:

• Perceived Wetness and Dryness of Fountain Pen Inks

Our link of the week is a survey about the wetness or dryness of fountain pen inks. Pen Addict Slack User Nicole studies fluid dynamics and she teamed up with a rheologist to study the characteristics of different fountain pen inks.

This survey will help them compare actual fluidity with how people perceive different inks.

Rank the inks on a scale of 1 (extremely dry) to 10 (extremely wet) based on your own experience. If you’ve only used one of the inks, that’s fine, just rank that one. If you have used more of the inks or all of them, fill those out too. Any data will help their research. The more users who fill out the survey, the better. Forward the survey to friends and your fellow pen nerds.

Pens:

• (2) SCP-17937: a beginner fountain pen – by Ricardo (via Extra Fine Writing)
• Fountain Pens that reek of Old Money (via INKED HAPPINESS)
• 4 Fountain Pen Brands I Want To Try (via Inky Imaginings)

Ink:

• Ink Review: Three Dark Purples from Tom’s Studio (Juniper, Iris, and Constellation) (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Ink Swatch Wednesday: Papier Plume Bayou Nightfall (via CJs Wunderkammer)
• Ink Review #2650: Wearingeul Peter Pan (via Mountain of Ink)
• J Herbin Red and Purple Inks (via Mountain of Ink)
• Ink Review #835: 3 Oysters Caramel Macchiato (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Sailor x Dromgoole’s Apricot Jam & Mint Jelly Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)

Pencils:

• Staedtler Wopex Pencil Review (via The Pen Addict)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Notebooks and memory (via Austin Kleon)
• Hallmark Diaries from the 1970s (via Notebook Stories)

Art & Creativity:

• Spontaneous sketching (via Liz Steel)
• Behold the Messy Creative Process of 50 Celebrated Painters in ‘The Artist’s Palette’ (via Colossal)
• Documenting Un-Junking (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Artist Review: iPad mini 7 (2024) (via Parka Blogs)

Other Interesting Things:

• How to Navigate Through the Wilderness of the Internet in 2024 (via Hyperallergic)
• Chris Ware on Richard Scarry (via Kottke.org)
• Finding Order in Chaos: How My Planner is Saving Me Right Now // Trina (via Baum-kuchen)
• Montblanc Haus (via Bleistift)
• So Glittery! 3D-Printed Pen Trays (via CJs Wunderkammer)

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