Kobe #56 Rokko Shichidanka
Many thanks to @Lithium466 for the sample 🙏
Ink is named after a Japanese Hydrangea:
The chroma represents the complex tones of the flower.
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I most enjoyed doing washes with this ink, rather than writing. The ink is too complex and gorgeous to write with. 😛
If I were to use it for writing it would be on a white Japanese paper with a B nib. The colour simply sings and evokes mid-summer. On Rhodia it was flat, and it bled through with a B nib.
Note that the pink dye in the chroma is stubborn and will take time some time to clean your pen
Writing Samples:
The texts are poems by Akiko Yosano ( 1878 – 1942) translated by Sam Hamill & Keiko Matsui Gibson. The darker colour on the Japanese Ef nib is due to the fact that the ink had stayed for a week or two in the pen, before I did the writing sample.
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Photo:
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Comparison:
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Water test:
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and finally some artwork:
This was inspired by an artwork by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. The paper is a no name super absorbent paper, they grey ink is Noodler's Pasternak.
and here is another work where I used a water brush on the feed of a fountain pen to soak up the ink and draw on Canson Mixed media paper:
The black ink is Platinum Carbon Black using the same technique.
· Pens used: Pilot F3A Ef, Lamy (EF/F/M/B, 1.1), Osmiroid Copperplate nib
· What I liked: Chroma, doing washes.
· What I did not like: Writing on Rhodia/ cheap paper, cleaning
· What some might not like: Price
· Shading: With B nib.
· Ghosting: On cheap paper, yes and a bit with B nib on Rhodia.
· Bleed through: A few dots on cheap paper and a bit surprisingly with wide nibs on Rhodia
· Flow Rate: Wet
· Lubrication: Nice
· Nib Dry-out: Did not notice.
· Start-up: Did not notice.
· Saturation: Not saturated.
· Shading Potential: With wet M/ B nibs and on Japanese paper.
· Sheen: Did not notice.
· Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: A bit with the flex nib on cheap paper.
· Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice.
· Staining (pen): Did not notice, but the pink dye might stick.
· Clogging: No.
· Cleaning: The pink dye is persistent.
· Water resistance: Not at all.
· Availability: 50 ml bottles
Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier
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