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Spencerian practice...just some Beatles lyrics.

 

 

Your best yet, IMO

 

Beautiful, flowing, controlled hairlines.

 

Ken

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Oh man, thank you Ken and Martin (mvarela). I'm still slinging some practice ink when I get a chance, but have been spending most of my time in the woodshop making pens. Christmas season, you know.

 

Now that Christmas is almost passed, I think that I'll have time to focus and practice more in earnest.

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Here's some more practice (more condensed than usual, and with a lighter touch and unassuming shades).

Esty 356, Blot's ink, Clairefontaine Triomphe, x-size = 4mm.

 

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3768/11623943956_4fc2bd3da2_h.jpg

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Here's some more practice (more condensed than usual, and with a lighter touch and unassuming shades).

Esty 356, Blot's ink, Clairefontaine Triomphe, x-size = 4mm.

 

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3768/11623943956_4fc2bd3da2_h.jpg

Nice Martin!

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Here is a practice from yesterday, sing with me now ~

 

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So gorgeous! I love your calligraphy blog, too.

Find my homemade ink recipes on my Flickr page here.

 

"I don't wait for inspiration; inspiration waits for me." --Akiane Kramarik

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Here is a practice from yesterday, sing with me now ~

 

fpn_1388537559__scan_99.jpeg

You should post the whole page... it's not only the script that's lovely, but the overall composition of the page as well...

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Actually, it was the other way round. For a long time, Madarasz used a mix of Arnold's Black Ink and Arnold's Writing Fluid. Writing fluids were iron gall inks, and the black ink was probably a carbon-based ink. This would accord with Bloser's description of mixing Arnold's Writing Fluid with Zanerian Indian ink to make the optimum ink for ornamental writing. However, Madarasz switched to using "Korean" stick ink and sold and advertised it as being "superb" and "the best ink for fine off-hand writing". He had a good slogan too – "Buy the ink and improve your writing". Now, he may just have got a very good deal on a bulk lot of ink sticks and was inflating their qualities for the sake of a sale except for the fact that other noted penmen of the day bought from Madarasz and were also fond of the sticks.

 

Interestingly, the instructions Madarasz gave for preparing stick ink talk about grinding it till air bubbles form. To the Chinese, to grind ink vigorously enough to give rise to air bubbles meant that you had angered the ink. Scientifically, it apparently means that the friction has heated up the ink too much, to its detriment.

 

What I like about stick ink is that you can get a nice grey hairline and a very black shade from the same dilution, whereas iron gall gives the same colour hairlines and shades. I find this colour contrast of the stick ink especially pleasing.

 

Dominic

You must have been reading my mind. I was getting ready to ask you about M.'s ink mixture just about the time FPN went down. Thanks.

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Oh wow, I love this thread! I've just remembered my password for FPN and am attempting to remember where my ink and pen is so I can learn this. I'll be looking at the resources mentioned here over the course of the next few weeks and I'll hopefully have something to add to the thread in time.

 

Thanks for the inspiration.

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Some practice from today (a very fruitful session... three letters and one practice sheet! w00t!)

 

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3740/12196500656_534ef285c9_h.jpg

 

Penned with a Baignol et Farjon velleda 2436ef on G. Lalo Vergé de France paper, using Blot's IG ink. I really like the way this nib and paper combo works. The hairlines are very, well, hairlike, and the nib glides nicely on the paper and catches little fluff (except on that damned 'd' in 'determine', obviously).

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Some practice from today (a very fruitful session... three letters and one practice sheet! w00t!)

 

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3740/12196500656_534ef285c9_h.jpg

 

Penned with a Baignol et Farjon velleda 2436ef on G. Lalo Vergé de France paper, using Blot's IG ink. I really like the way this nib and paper combo works. The hairlines are very, well, hairlike, and the nib glides nicely on the paper and catches little fluff (except on that damned 'd' in 'determine', obviously).

Very impressive, Martin! Is that paper sort of ivory colored or is it just my imagination?

 

Howard

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Very impressive, Martin! Is that paper sort of ivory colored or is it just my imagination?

 

Howard

Thanks, Howard! It is indeed ivory colored paper.

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Playing around with some cheap chinese stick ink I mixed up the other day. Not really sure what I think of it, but it's my only ink at the moment, so it'll have to do.

 

Here's some pics:

 

http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r555/Josiah_Goldsmith/DSC_0176.jpg

http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r555/Josiah_Goldsmith/DSC_0172.jpg

http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r555/Josiah_Goldsmith/DSC_0171-1.jpg

http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r555/Josiah_Goldsmith/DSC_0167-1.jpg

 

I'm using one of Brian's (Musinkman's) holders, and I love it!

 

http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r555/Josiah_Goldsmith/DSC_0184-1.jpg

 

Joe

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