If no one else sees it, why make it beautiful? Because it makes the ink ripple as it swims. Because it traces curves in the air as it falls. Because it blooms into words. Because a petal is always welcome. (Nakaya maki-e converters are the pen world’s equivalent of exquisite lingerie. No one else knows …
It’s the psychedelic floral lining of a shoe, a guitar silkscreened on the wrong side of a shirt, a skull embroidered on the inside of a collar. It is the amusing detail only we know, and which makes people wonder if we’re in love, are having an affair, or have just won a Paypal dispute. …