Bleu Mediterranee - L'artisan Pastellier

October 13, 2014

L'Artisan Pastellier is french ink / calligraphy materials producers. They offer two lines of inks suitable for fountain pens: CALLIFOLIO (inks made for fountain pens, neutral PH and so on) andENCRES CLASSIQUES (not all of them may have perfect properties however I've tried most of them and had no issues in my fountain pens).

L'Artisan Pastellier inks don't get much love or attention here. I understand this as they're not easily obtainable. You may buy them directly from the producer's on-line/stationery boutique. The best thing to do is to organize group buy (I've done it twice last year for polish sountain pen board). It's nice thing to do - you get to meet a lot of people to exchange inks and the shipment cost becomes really friendly.

I must admit I'm huge fan of Callifolio series. They have cool names and some trully unique colors. They're nor super-saturated but I like them this way.

Soon I'll prepare comparison of all 34 colors but it'll take time. Maybe November?

I'll make reviews of some of them.

Bleu Mediterranee is funny ink. I remembered it as a low saturated pale blue. But when I filled my Kaweco Sport with it I was surprised it can look quite intense. It seems this ink requires broad and wet nibs to show its charm. And paper. I write mostly on calendar paper, that is a little absorbent. I imagine on Rhodia it would be much paler.

INFO

Producer: L'Artisan Pastellier

Color: Bleu Mediterrannee

Saturation: moderate

Flow: good in all pens I've ever filled with it

Shading: present

INK SPLASH

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DROPS OF INK ON KITCHEN TOWEL

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CHROMATOGRAPY

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SOFTWARE ID

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COLOR RANGE

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Calendar - Kaweco Sport, Broad nib

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October 13, 2014

Great review, interesting ink; I wonder if it's too close to Tsuyu Kusa... To think I was only a few kilometers away from Albi a couple of years ago, but I had no idea they existed...