52+ Inks - 2017 - Weekly Community Ink Project

[visvamitra]

Landing on the moon sounds cool

[amberleadavis]

LG, let me know when we have the final version and we can get them going!

[JuInd]

I have uncertain love/hate relationship.... Schrodinger's cat type: black, gray, light brown and white.

[lgsoltek]

Guys,

 

I made a few changes to the themes. Amber will update the post shortly.

Changes include:

- Moon landing week added.

- Ransom note week added.

- Boring colour week removed.

- Least favourite ink week removed.

- Europe week modified.

- Modification of a few titles.

- Edited the wording of a few weeks, clarification etc.

 

Thank you all for your ideas and suggestions!

[AndyYNWA]

I have completely missed this thread!

Sound like a lot of fun!

Bring on 2017!!!

[inkstainedruth]

Guys,

 

I made a few changes to the themes. Amber will update the post shortly.

Changes include:

- Moon landing week added.

- Ransom note week added.

- Boring colour week removed.

- Least favourite ink week removed.

- Europe week modified.

- Modification of a few titles.

- Edited the wording of a few weeks, clarification etc.

 

Thank you all for your ideas and suggestions!

 

Awww, I was actually kinda looking forward to Boring Color Week and (to some extent) Least Favorite Ink Week. Love the ideas of Moon Landing Week and Ransom Note Ink (although I'm not sure what I have in my stash for either one of those...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[amberleadavis]

Modified Themes Updated (December 27th 2016)

Week 1 / 1 Jan: Happy New Year

Use an ink that’ll bring you good luck for the new year.

Week 2 / 8 Jan: Throw of the Dice

Close your eyes and pick a random ink from your stash.

Week 3 / 15 Jan: When Old Loves Rekindle

Use an ink you once loved but somehow ignored for a long time.


Week 4 / 22 Jan: Red Packets Please

It’s Lunar New Year this weekend. Use a red ink (especially a festive one) to celebrate with Asian friends!

Week 5 / 29 Jan: New Kid on the Block

Use your most recent purchase.

Week 6 / 5 Feb: Go Large

Choose the largest bottle from your collection. If there are several of the same size, choose any one (or all of them).

Week 7 / 12 Feb: Week of Love

Happy Valentine's Day. Choose an ink you’ll use to write love letters.

Week 8 / 19 Feb: Iron-gall Week.

Use an iron-gall ink.

Week 9 / 26 Feb: Raining Dyes and Pigments

Use the wettest ink in your collection.

Week 10 / 5 Mar: Show Us Where You Live

Pick an ink that says something about where you live (climate, geography, food...): e.g. red brick houses, desert brown, luscious green forests, deep blue glacial lakes, slate blue harbour, and so on. (Thank you evyxmsj for the idea.)

Week 11 / 12 Mar: Bling-bling Week

Choose an ink with shiny particles in it to celebrate Holi Festival in India. (Thanks mehandiratta!)

Week 12 / 19 Mar: Inkuinox #1

Spring has come. Use a colour that represents spring for you. If you’re living in the southern hemisphere, choose an autumn colour. (Thank you LizEF for the title.)

Week 13 / 26 Mar: I Solemnly Swear I'm Up To No Good

Celebrate the upcoming April Fool's Day. Use any ink that you find to be fun.

Week 14 / 2 Apr: $nk

Use your most expensive ink.

Week 15 / 9 Apr: Oh My Eyes!

Use the brightest, most vibrant, most retina-searing ink you have. (Bonus points for writing a letter with it to Amberlea!)

Week 16 / 16 Apr: Iro, Iro, Iro

Use a Japanese ink.

Week 17 / 23 Apr: Dear Ink-abler

Use an ink or sample that's been gifted to you.

Week 18 / 30 Apr: May the Force Be with You

May the Force be with you! Interpret that in whichever way you want.

Week 19 / 7 May: Week of Europe

Choose an ink from Europe, or a colour that represents Europe.

Week 20 / 14 May: Anything with M

Use an ink that contains "m" in the name.

Week 21 / 21 May: Last But Not Least

Sort the names of your inks alphabetically and use the last one.

Week 22 / 28 May: Sub-aquatic

Waterproof ink: use a waterproof ink. Or the most water-resistant ink you have.

Week 23 / 4 Jun: It's Not That I Don't Love You

Use an ink you've never used, or the one you've used the least.

Week 24 / 11 Jun: My Preciousssss

Use a limited edition ink, an exclusive ink, or your most treasured bottle.

Week 25 / 18 Jun: We Have Your Inks

Pick an ink you’d write ransom notes with. (Idea from bone215.)

Week 26 / 25 Jun: Elements in Ink

Choose an ink that represents an element in the periodic table. (Thank you migo984!)

Week 27 / 2 Jul: Ink-dependence

Choose a blue ink and a red ink to celebrate Independence Day with our American friends. Bonus points for using American inks.

Week 28 / 9 Jul: Liberté, égalité, fraternité

National Day in France this week. Use a French ink.

Week 29 / 16 Jul: One Small Step for a Man

Celebrate our first Moon landing on July 20th 1969 with grey inks or any ink that reminds you of the Moon. (Thank you dcwaites for the idea!)

Week 30 / 23 Jul: Chemists Rule

Express our love for our chemists by using an ink from a brand founded by a chemist: KWZI, Noodler's, L'Artisan Pastellier Callifolio, De Atramentis, Organics Studio, etc.

Week 31 / 30 Jul: Be Done with It

Finish one of your samples or bottles. Or pick one that has the least amount left.

Week 32 / 6 Aug: Love/Hate

Mix an ink you love and an ink you dislike at 1:1 ratio.

Week 33 / 13 Aug: Umbra Rumba

Week of shades. Use an ink that shades a lot.

Week 34 / 20 Aug: The Fifth Element

Choose an ink that represents either air, earth, fire or water. Bonus points for four inks for all four of them! (Thank you migo984!)

Week 35 / 27 Aug: True Love

Use your favourite ink.

Week 36 / 3 Sep: Charlie the Unit of Sheen

Celebrate the birthday of Charlie Sheen with the sheeniest ink you have.

Week 37 / 10 Sep: Faster (drying), Higher (sheen), Stronger (shading)

Colours of Olympics. (Idea from evyxmsj.)

Week 38 / 17 Sep: Inkuinox #2

Autumn equinox this week. Use a colour of Autumn. If it's spring where you live, it’s colour of spring for you!

Week 39 / 24 Sep: Undiluted Love

Use the least saturated ink in your collection.

Week 40 / 1 Oct: Arigato, Ishimaru

Pay homage to the ink master of Sailor (and our longest post on FPN) by using a Sailor ink.

Week 41 / 8 Oct: Ink and Match

Pick an ink that matches your favourite piece of clothing or accessory. (Thank you migo984!)

Week 42 / 15 Oct: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Choose a pink ink. If you don't have a pink, maybe a red or a magenta?

Week 43 / 22 Oct: Lights of Diwali

Diwali week: Celebrate the festival of lights with our Indian friends! (Idea from mehandiratta.)

Week 44 / 29 Oct: Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween!

Week 45 / 5 Nov: My Significant Other

Use an ink that has a special meaning to you.

Week 46 / 12 Nov: Rock That Colour!

Saturation week: use the most saturated ink you have.

Week 47 / 19 Nov: Black Ink Friday

Choose a black ink for Black Friday.

Week 48 / 26 Nov: I'm Going to Sahara

Use the driest ink from your collection.

Week 49 / 3 Dec: First Come First Served

Use the oldest bottle of ink you have.

Week 50 / 10 Dec: Kill Winter with Orange

Kill winter with orange! (If it's summer where you live, kill the heat with aqua/turquoise/blue/mint!)

Week 51 / 17 Dec: Thanks for the Memory

Pick an ink that reminds you of your favourite music, book, film or character. (Thanks migo984.)

Week 52 / 24 Dec: Happy Holidays!

Celebrate the end of a good year and the beginning of a new one.

[mehandiratta]

@amber

Great,,, I am ready....

Will we be creating a new thread for this now... If yes kindly provide a link here only

[visvamitra]

Perfect leist

[lgsoltek]

@amber

Great,,, I am ready....

Will we be creating a new thread for this now... If yes kindly provide a link here only

I plan to creat a thread in CRV section for the first week this Saturday. I'll post a link here as well.

[dcwaites]

Waiting with bated breath. Have chosen what inks to start with.

[lgsoltek]

Waiting with bated breath. Have chosen what inks to start with.

 

 

Me too I already have an idea what I'm going to choose for the first week!

[migo984]

Me too I already have an idea what I'm going to choose for the first week!

And me :-)

I'm betting some inks will be chosen by more than one person for some of the themes. Mind you, I haven't thought much beyond week 1 yet........

[lgsoltek]

And me :-)

I'm betting some inks will be chosen by more than one person for some of the themes. Mind you, I haven't thought much beyond week 1 yet........

 

Me neither Especially given the theme of Week #2!

[Gazcom]

I'm in!!!!!

Need to buy another block of "schizza e strappa" tomorrow morning!

[lgsoltek]

The thread for the first week has been created.

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/316881-week-1-1-jan-happy-new-year-2017-weekly-ink-project/

 

See you next year!

[mehandiratta]

Awesome.. Will post tomorrow

[lgsoltek]

The thread for week #2 is up:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/317171-week-2-8-jan-throw-of-the-dice-2017-weekly-ink-project/

 

See you soon!

[mehandiratta]

The thread for week #2 is up:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/317171-week-2-8-jan-throw-of-the-dice-2017-weekly-ink-project/

 

See you soon!

Nice

[lgsoltek]

Here's Week #3: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/317490-week-3-15-jan-when-old-loves-rekindle-2017-weekly-ink-project/