Ferris Wheel Press - Storied Blue

[yazeh]

Ferris Wheel Press – Storied blue

 

The brand is known for its savvy marketing and elegant ink bottles. 

This ink belongs to the Bookshoppe series, with Peter Moss (Green) Wonderland in Coral.

You can read more about it here:

https://ferriswheelpress.ca/products/storied-blue

 

It’s a nod to Hatchard’s the oldest bookstore in England.  

 

In a nutshell, this dry ink was most enjoyable with a B nib, but more specifically for art work, i.e. washes.  Otherwise as I prefer water resistance and saturated inks, for me it's a pass.

 

Let's start with the delicious chroma:

Writing samples:

It doesn't like Hammermill 20 lb with almost all nibs:

Photo: (the lighting is not a best)

Comparison:

 

Washed off kitty after 10 seconds under running water (nice effects though)

 

and finally an art work, a nod to the ink's name and the nursery rhyme. 

Talens Notebook (12 x12 cm/4,7"x4.7")

 

 

 

· Pens used: Pilot Kakuna Ef/Stub, Lamy Safari (EF/F/M/B), Kanwrite Ultra-flex.

· What I liked: Lovely pale colour for writing poetry, and enjoyed doing washes with it.  

· What I did not like: In general, I prefer inks are water resistant or more saturated. 

· What some might not like: Dry ink. Flow issues with flex nibs, it doesn't like cheap paper.

· Shading: Yes. 

· Ghosting: On cheap paper

· Bleed through: Same as above. 

· Flow Rate: Wettish. It didn’t flow well with Kanwrite. 

· Lubrication: Dry 

· Nib Dry-out: None

· Start-up: None

· Saturation: Unsaturated

· Shading Potential: Massive.

· Sheen: None

· Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: No

· Nib Creep / “Crud”: No.

· Staining (pen): No

· Clogging: No

· Cleaning: Easy

· Water resistance: It doesn’t really make a difference does it?

· Availability: 3X5 ml (3 different inks), 38/85 ml bottles.

 

Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier  

 

[Lithium466]

Thank you for that review

Seems like a trend with FWP inks...lovely shades, but the rest...meh.

[yazeh]

50 minutes ago, Lithium466 said:

Thank you for that review

🙏

50 minutes ago, Lithium466 said:

Seems like a trend with FWP inks...lovely shades, but the rest...meh.

I agree

[Sailor Kenshin]

Pale.  Kind of uninspiring.  Qualities listed are those I do not like.

 

But I love the artwork, and the detailed, thorough review that saved me from this ink.  Thanks, @yazeh!

[yazeh]

8 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Pale.  Kind of uninspiring.  Qualities listed are those I do not like.

I know of some who really like it

 

8 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

 

But I love the artwork, and the detailed, thorough review that saved me from this ink.  Thanks, @yazeh!

Thanks and most welcome. It truly shines in a recent wash I did. Though I haven't finished the piece yet, so we'll see

 

[LizEF]

53 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Pale.  Kind of uninspiring.  Qualities listed are those I do not like.

 

But I love the artwork, and the detailed, thorough review that saved me from this ink.  Thanks, @yazeh!

 Exactly this!

 

Thank you, @yazeh, for all the hard work behind the review, the review itself, and especially for the artwork - always fun!

[yazeh]

23 minutes ago, LizEF said:

 Exactly this!

Glad we agree on in

23 minutes ago, LizEF said:

 

Thank you, @yazeh, for all the hard work behind the review, the review itself, and especially for the artwork - always fun!

You're most welcome and it's a pleasure!

[MissCellany]

Thanks for the lovely review! I do like how this ink looks in more copious applications, I bet it'd look great in my exceptionally wet Opera Master (the medium nib writes wetter than any broad I've ever used) and seems like it'd be easier to clean out of a vacuum/power filler than other inks

[yazeh]

39 minutes ago, MissCellany said:

Thanks for the lovely review!

🙏

39 minutes ago, MissCellany said:

I do like how this ink looks in more copious applications, I bet it'd look great in my exceptionally wet Opera Master (the medium nib writes wetter than any broad I've ever used)

Yes it really looks lovely with broad nibs, so I guess it'll be great for you wet pen

 

39 minutes ago, MissCellany said:

 

 

and seems like it'd be easier to clean out of a vacuum/power filler than other inks

It's very easy to clean, that's the best part

 

[Aethertigris]

Looks like Three Steamboats more saturated?

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, Aethertigris said:

Looks like Three Steamboats more saturated?

I don't know. I haven't tried that one

 

[InesF]

Thank you @yazeh for this review and for the nice drawings!

As you and many others already mentioned, this ink looks way too pale for daily writing but has potential for drawing. For use in washes, I will take a saturated ink that I dilute by myself to the intended intensity  - this is more easy than concentrating a pale ink ... 

[yazeh]

5 hours ago, InesF said:

Thank you @yazeh for this review and for the nice drawings!

🙏

5 hours ago, InesF said:

As you and many others already mentioned, this ink looks way too pale for daily writing but has potential for drawing.

It's a dreamy colours for washes, if you look my at my review of Fox Red, you see the depth of it

 

5 hours ago, InesF said:

For use in washes, I will take a saturated ink that I dilute by myself to the intended intensity  - this is more easy than concentrating a pale ink ... 

Yes. That's what I do to