by Heather | Apr 12, 2023 | Calligraphy, Calligraphy Basics, Featured, Ink
Does this ever happen to you? You’re sitting at your calligraphy desk, writing along with your pointed pen, when all of a sudden the ink just stops flowing. No warning, no obvious reason, it just stops. You pick up your pen and look at it. It looks fine. Nib is full...
by Heather | Mar 31, 2020 | Calligraphy, Calligraphy Basics, Featured, Tutorials
What’s the first thing you usually write when trying out a new pen? Your name? The kind of pen it is? I write all sorts of random things when I get a new pen. When you get a new pointed pen, however, the last thing you need to write is your name. Or any other...
by Heather | Mar 23, 2020 | Calligraphy, Calligraphy Basics, Featured, Getting Started, Tutorials
Do you ever struggle getting your letters or strokes to have a consistent slant? Or, maybe they are consistently…wrong. There is a very simple fix for this, and I’m going to tell you how to do it in this article. Our last three basics articles introduced...
by Heather | Mar 23, 2020 | Calligraphy, Calligraphy Basics, Featured, Pointed Pens, Tutorials
In my first two articles on dip pen basics, we covered the very introductory material necessary to get started with pointed pen calligraphy. Some of these topics included pen anatomy, how the pen works, and how to prep and clean your nibs. Once you know these basics,...
by Heather | Feb 6, 2020 | Calligraphy, Calligraphy Basics, Featured, Nibs, Opinion Polls, Tools and Supplies
Why Do We Need to Know the Best Calligraphy Nib? Beginner calligraphers are often faced with uncertainty when deciding which supplies to purchase as they get started with the craft. In particular, nib selection seems to bring about quite a bit of apprehension. This...
by Heather | Jan 15, 2020 | Calligraphy, Calligraphy Basics, Nibs, Pointed Pens
Have you ever struggled getting your ink to stick to your nib when you get started? Or maybe after you use the nib for a while, you just can’t seem to get that nib to keep writing, especially on that upstroke. It sure would be nice if nibs came with instructions,...
