Misfill, Stationery Matters Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Choosing Keeping founder Julia Jeuvell on why stationery matters in a digital age (Yahoo! Style)

— Ink Review: Diamine x Independence Trust a Bivalve + Shimmering Kelp (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— A Gift Received: "Pencil Shavings: Ode to Mama" (Paper Blogging)

— Grazing horse, by Aoyama Seizan (ca. 1930) (ZEN in TECHNICOLOR)

— Jean Jullien is having a whale of a time in Japan (Creative Boom)

— Summer reading list for 2025 (Biblioklept)

— Dinamo turns Stefan Marx’s handwriting into a font (It’s Nice That)

— Nib Work by Kirk Speer (Pen Realm) (Line Variation)

— A Unique Portfolio of Hilma af Klint's Botanical Drawings Communes with Nature’s Spiritual Side (Colossal)

— Esterbrook J — your first vintage pen? (Penfount)

— The 12-bit rainbow palette (I am Kate)

— The Weirdest Kobe Ink? Kobe #22 Shinkaichi Gold! (Inkdependence)

— M1000 Maki-e Goldfish Fountain Pen Unveiled (The Pelikan's Perch)

— Big Celebratory Birthday Update Part 2 (Writing at Large)

— Dominant Industry Periwinkle Blue (Inkcredible Colours)

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Misfill, Drive-By Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Ink Swatch Wednesday: Drive-By Swatching (Cheryl Lindo Jones)

— Van Dieman’s Wineglass Bay (Inkcredible Colours)

— Pen Porn: Stanford Pen Studio Intwana Seahorse (Rachel's Reflections)

— The Best Bright Gel Pens? Papermate's Inkjoy Brights & Metallics! (Inkdependence)

— Fountain Pen Review - Kakimori Frost Fountain Pen in Violet (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Remarkable 2 Review (Everyday Commentary)

— Stunning combination of materials from Rob's Penworks (Figboot on Pens)

— January-April 2025 in Stationery (A Gathering of Curiosities)

— My Spring Cherry Blossom Stories - Falling Gently (The Penguin Post)

— 167 Backstage Passes (Dennis Cooper Blog)

— Ink Review #2769: Taccia Sketch Earth Blue (Mountain of Ink)

— Tom’s Studio Fountain Pocket Pen (dapprman)

— Irasutoya: the best-known illustrator in Japan, that you’ve probably never heard of (It’s Nice That)

— Gilded Fish: Illustrations from Histoire naturelle des dorades de la Chine (1780) (The Public Domain Review)

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Misfill, Hiroshige Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Vibrant Woodblock Prints Traverse a Bygone Japan in 'Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road' (Colossal)

— Notebook Review: Notegeist Bindery Handbound and Everyday Editions (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— One Bag Travel in Japan: 14 Essential Tips You Need to Know (Carryology)

— Pilot Iroshizuku Syun-gyo (Inkcredible Colours)

— Sketchbook VS Sketchbook (Comfortable Shoes Studio)

— Plotter Walkthrough: How I Use My Plotter Binders (Video) (The Gentleman Stationer)

— Fountain Pen Shootout CONID vs Kyuseido vs Fifty4T (SBREBrown)

— The Guestbook (From the Pen Cup)

— Currently Inked: May 10, 2025 (Mountain of Ink)

— A new ink database column has joined the game (mnmlscholar)

— Big Celebratory Birthday Update Part 1 (Writing at Large)

— Books to Watch Out For (Where Are All the Emails?)

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