Making Brazilwood Ink – The Video
Greetings! I made a batch of red brazilwood ink. I have been making this ink for about 10 years now. I’ve been using editing software to make videos for about […]
Quarantine Calligraphy
Hey. How are we all doing? Pandemic Covid – 19. Some people reading this are in places that are under lockdown or quarantine of some kind. Others not so much. […]
Help Kill off Covid 19
Want to kill off Covid 19? Or at least help in that process? Put your computer to work for the scientistist that are going to make that happen. FOLDING AT […]
New Calligraphy Kit? Dipping your nibs
This is a series of blog posts aimed to help the newly starting calligrapher. I won’t cover every detail as beginners tend to get overwhelmed by all the details. This […]
New Calligraphy Kit? Putting the Nib (pen) into the Nib Holder
This is the second in a series of blog posts aimed to help the newly starting calligrapher. I won’t cover every detail as it is easy to overwhelm people with […]
New Calligraphy Kit? New Pens/Nibs? Some tips on how to get started and a reminder for the rest of us.
This will be a series of blog posts aimed to help the newly starting calligrapher. I won’t cover every detail as beginners tend to get overwhelmed by all the details. […]
Ink Making Experiment – Boiling Water
Well, that was informative. The experiment below was not done with chemistry labratory scientific rigor. Not what I do. And it was a first time exploratory experiment to gather observations […]
SCA Membership Numbers by Year and by Kingdom
The Society for Creative Anachronism is where I learned to do my pre-17th century skills in calligraphy, parchment, ink and pigment making. It is a worldwide not-for-profit educational organization dedicated […]
A MEDIEVAL POTTERY INKSTAND FROM BYLAND ABBEY
For long time readers this may be experiencing some deja vu here. “Didn’t you do and article on this once?” They may be asking. Why yes, I did. It is […]
Nib Widths and X Heights
You want to callig something getting the right letter height is important. Typically calligraphy letter height is done by ratios of the pen width. The smaller the pen the smaller […]
