I’ve mentioned before that my friend Chris knows more about ink than anyone I know. I always learn a lot from her, and I enjoyed reading her 2016 list of inks purchased. My list is for 2106 is here. She asked me the other day, guiltily, I think, “Have you ever thrown inks down the drain?” I have no guilt about that. But it gave me the idea for some inky true confessions.
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It occurred to me when I was writing about Tuesday’s pen of the day that I was talking about an ink brand I rarely hear mentioned, Caran d’Ache. Why is that?
Where wise men and women fear to tread, Fountain Pen Follies is always willing to rush in. So let’s talk about Caran d’Ache a little.
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Yes! KWZ Brown-Pink is being all brown for me on Tomoe River paper. I am very excited.
Is that unreasonable? I’ve basically been thinking of it as a purple ink, in disguise. So seeing the browner aspect is really cool.
I think inks may have broken my brain. Or, possibly, the fact that I ate only healthy food all day yesterday. Cold turkey has got me on the run? But I don’t care. Just give me some truth. I’m loving the brown in Brown-Pink.
Here’s something ink-related I found at the Art Institute of Chicago last week.
It’s a copy drawing from the late 17th Century of a print based on a Van Dyck print. The unknown artist drew this with iron gall ink, more than 300 years ago.
Here’s a closer look, just because I think this part is so well done. Also because it shows that the ink is now brown.
I’m going to admit that my fourth or fifth thought upon looking at this was: I hope KWZ makes an iron gall ink in this color. I think I have ink on the brain.
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