Links For Handwriting, Calligraphy, And Pen Junkies

This is a rarity. All nine links are pen and handwriting related. How totally on topic!

• JBBPensPaper (calligraphy items on Etsy)
• NYT: Kate Gladstone on Handwriting Matters; Cursive Doesn’t
• Gentian adds an ink reservoir to a dip nib
• Italic handwriting and calligraphy lesson (h/t Kate Gladstone)
• Yikes! Look at the price tag on the Sailor Kai!
• Mommy Kat and Kids has a pen giveaway but hurry to enter. It’s ending in two days.
• PerthNow: Tech-savvy kids can’t push a pencil
• Mattias: Platinum Carbon Desk Fountain Pen (He’s the artist who introduced me to the Namiki Falcon.)
• Leigh Reyes on taking better pen photos

Did You Miss These?

From around the web this week…

• Leigh Reyes: Music ink in music nibs
• What can you still get with a dollar?
• Rumor has it the Miro Journal works with fountain pen ink (h/t Timothy Fribert)
• Elizabeth Spiers: On Keeping a Notebook in the Digital Age (h/t Leigh Reyes)
• PenArte
• GigaOM: Sorry Google; you can Keep it to yourself (h/t John Kutzman)
• Business Insider: The Best 404 Error Pages Of All Time (Maybe. maybe not. but still amusing.)
• Claustrophobic notebook S (for the non-writer)

17 Links For The 17th Of March

And a Happy St. Patrick’s Day to ya whether you’re Irish or not.

• Sukatto Notebook Helps You Destress (h/t Cheryl Lindo Jones)
• Mom Builds Lego Hogwarts (h/t Speedmaster)
• Cute Photographs of a Backyard Squirrel Doing Human Things (h/t Cheryl Lindo Jones)
• XBOX 360 Pico-Reef Aquarium
• FP Geeks: The F.P.R. Dilli, a piston-filled, flex nib fountain pen for $18
• Paper art from abadova
• Brilliant watercolors by Brenda Swenson
• Real Simple: Tic Tac Box as Spice Holder
• Black letter calligraphy by Seb Lester
• Not for fountain pens but still golden
• The Curse of Non-Cursive Writing (h/t Speedmaster)
• Leigh Reyes calligraphy video: Stones Inside Your Shoes
• Teeny, tiny watercolor palette
• Stillman & Birn New Zeta Series
• Moleskine Messages in Pastel Colors
• Frustrated over the demise of Google Reader? Check out FeedDemon and Feedly.
• TheKitchn.com: How To Cook Fluffy, Tasty Quinoa

Note that the sidebar was updated in the calligraphy section this past week. A big thank you goes to Kate Gladstone for some fine suggestions.

New Pen Art Links Added

A new category for links to Pen Art blogs and websites has been added to the sidebar but it’s tiny at the moment. Please help expand the list by posting your suggestions in the comments to this post.

Thank you!

Calling All Fountain Pen Artists

Are you a fountain pen artist or do you know of one? I’d like to add a section to the sidebar with links to sites that feature art created with fountain pens. It doesn’t have to be fountain pens exclusively but something that is featured frequently.

Calligraphic art is also welcome whether executed with a fountain pen or a dip nib or even a brush. This category already has a sidebar seat, but that list could be expanded.

Just add a comment with your nominees and I’ll sort through them over the next few days. Thanks, guys!

Pen Aficionados, These Links Are For You

This may be a first. Every link is pen, ink, or paper related. Aficionados, indulge…

• From JeanB at PenTrace: An Incredible Pen (My family missed the boat due to illness. Am grateful progeny.)
• From Jim Sanders via PenTrace: More about fixing converters and cleaning pens/converters
• Leigh Reyes makes a snake that isn’t scary in honor of the Chinese New Year
• Art Brown: Libell Pen Cases at close-out prices
• Fountain Pen Hospital: The Pelikan M800 Tortoise has arrived!
• Rhodia Drive: The Power of Paper
• J. Panter Calligraphy
• Calligraphy special offers for February, 2013 from Scribblers
• The Fountain Pen Quest: Ink Notes: Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-syogun (h/t Chris Meisenzahl)

Start The New Year With A Few Tasty Links

From food to the TARDIS with pens and inks in between…

• How to Make a TARDIS Bigger on the Inside
• Business Insider: 20 Inspiring Rags-to-Riches Stories
• PenHero.com: Library Of Vintage Pen And Pencil User Guides
• Pen and ink illustrations by Japanese artist Sagaki Keita (h/t HisNibs.com)
• Boston Magazine visits Crane and Company
• The Pen Shop: Handwriting Guide
• 7 Delicious Things to Make with Leftover Coffee
• Rosemary and Sea Salt Roasted Pecans (h/t Speedmaster)