My first glass pen was a souvenir from a friend. I no longer have it, but it began a low-key love of this alternative writing instrument. Today’s glass pen is usually marketed as a calligraphy pen, even if most don’t write all that well. Much of that can be traced to the style of the …
Month: January 2012
Disposable fountain pens and most student-friendly ones, while certainly useful, only scratch the surface of what makes writing and drawing with a fountain pen such a gratifying experience. These entry-level pens, what beginners are usually told to start with because of the minimal investment, can end up making them feel, “Meh. That’s it?” Even expensive …
Caran d’Ache’s Grafcube is a formidable chunk of graphite. You can letter with it, draw with it, or conceal it in your fist for added punching power. (Pardon the dirty fingers.) The graphite is dense. I did a test run to loosen my shoulder, because big letters call for big arm movements. The Grafcube lets …
I have an art sensei. He looks like a bug and he answers to either “Phil” or “The.” He doesn’t teach me about materials, or make me memorize the taxonomy of art movements since the 12th century. What he does is ask a lot of questions. Most of them start with “why don’t you.” Why …
There is room in the world for cute. When you go to the official Kaweco website, turn off your sound because it auto-plays a song that goes “I don’t want to set the world on fiiiiire…” I do not dislike songs, but I hate auto-play. Anyway, back to cute. What’s good about cute is it’s …
The coming Lunar Year is the Year of the Water Dragon, so I thought that needed appropriate wallpaper. For fans of geomancy and dragons, here it is.