Penmanship – INKED HAPPINESS https://staging.inkedhappiness.com together, for ever and after! Sat, 16 Nov 2019 04:09:19 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.4 https://staging.inkedhappiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/inked-happiness-05-red342519-150x150.jpg Penmanship – INKED HAPPINESS https://staging.inkedhappiness.com 32 32 David Oscarson: Ganesha in Guilloché! https://staging.inkedhappiness.com/david-oscarson-ganesha-in-guilloche/ https://staging.inkedhappiness.com/david-oscarson-ganesha-in-guilloche/#respond Sat, 16 Nov 2019 04:09:12 +0000 http://inkedhappiness.com/?p=3934 Ganesha, Guilloché and David Oscarson – a holy trinity of high art! Ganesha is the remover of obstacles, the Lord of intellect and wisdom, the patron of the arts and the sciences. The God of beginnings, He is invoked at the start of all rites and ceremonies. Guilloché is the technique of engraving in metal

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]]> https://staging.inkedhappiness.com/david-oscarson-ganesha-in-guilloche/feed/ 0 Krishna Leela – Dr Sreekumar and his passion play with pens, nibs and inks! https://staging.inkedhappiness.com/krishna-leela-dr-sreekumar-and-his-passion-play-with-pens-nibs-and-inks/ https://staging.inkedhappiness.com/krishna-leela-dr-sreekumar-and-his-passion-play-with-pens-nibs-and-inks/#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:50:21 +0000 http://inkedhappiness.com/?p=821 Dr Sreekumar of Krishna Pens talks about pens, inks, nibs! If turning a fountain pen is an art, then grinding of the nib is certainly a fine art, one that is the exclusive domain of the masters. And Dr Sreekumar is certainly a master who can easily walk into any hall of fame for his

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]]> https://staging.inkedhappiness.com/krishna-leela-dr-sreekumar-and-his-passion-play-with-pens-nibs-and-inks/feed/ 2 Penmanship extraordinary – and the Fountain Pens that made the prolific wordsmiths   https://staging.inkedhappiness.com/penmanship-extraordinary-and-the-fountain-pens-that-made-the-prolific-wordsmiths/ https://staging.inkedhappiness.com/penmanship-extraordinary-and-the-fountain-pens-that-made-the-prolific-wordsmiths/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2018 11:02:35 +0000 http://inkedhappiness.com/?p=234 “That’s elementary, my dear Watson” the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used a Parker Duofold, at least, to write many of his timeless creations. Dylan Thomas, the “roistering, drunken and doomed poet”, is said to have used the then popular Parker 51, which was celebrated for its quick drying ink. Samuel Longhorn

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