It is so easy now to obsess exponentially. When I was a holey-shirted kid drawing on the backs of cigarette cartons, I had no DIY boards on Pinterest to help me figure out the proportions of the human body, or forums where I could consult experienced illustrators with kindness and a little time to spare. …
Month: December 2012
For your consideration, the Statement Plant Leather Journal from Jacinto & Lirio. Water hyacinth, a plant that proliferates in waterways and pretty much stunts other life wherever it grows, has been transformed from ecotrash to a flexible material the Jacinto & Lirio founders call “plant leather.” They partner with communities to craft the Kwaderno, which …
This year was lopsidedly more Japanese than vintage. From left to right: Danitrio baby octagon in the kuro-keshi finish, reviewed in November. This now sports the flexible EEF nib that used to be in the Ninja. A recent experiment from Nakaya, the classic Piccolo machined from titanium. This has a BB nib ground to a …
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It was the forties, science fiction’s Golden Age. Between pages, men and women and aliens patrolled the galaxies, commanded legions of robots and saved the Earth. The Lensman Series. I, Robot. The Humanoids. The Martian Chronicles. Not surprisingly, this was when the Moore Fingertip was born. It was the Battle of the Nibs. The Parker …
If you have someone in your life who’s obsessed with fountain pens and you’re not, the last thing you want to give that person on Present Day is a fountain pen. You will not be aware of the distinctions he draws between a Western fine and a Japanese fine, his opinion on metal sections, his …
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