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Omi Osun - L'artisan Pastellier


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L'Artisan Pastellier is french ink / calligraphy materials producers. They offer two lines of inks suitable for fountain pens: CALLIFOLIO (inks made for fountain pens, neutral PH and so on) and ENCRES CLASSIQUES (not all of them may have perfect properties however I've tried most of them and had no issues in my fountain pens).



L'Artisan Pastellier inks don't get much love or attention here. I understand this as they're not easily obtainable. You may buy them directly from the producer's on-line/stationery boutique. The best thing to do is to organize group buy (I've done it twice last year for polish sountain pen board). It's nice thing to do - you get to meet a lot of people to exchange inks and the shipment cost becomes really friendly.



I must admit I'm huge fan of Callifolio series. They have cool names and some trully unique colors. They're nor super-saturated but I like them this way.



Soon I'll prepare comparison of all 34 colors but it'll take time. Maybe November?



I'll make reviews of some of them.



Omi Osun is one of my favourite blue inks, probably because it's not really blue. It has lots of green to it and that makes me like it. You can call it blue turquoise if you want.



INFO



Producer: L'Artisan Pastellier


Color: Omi Osun



Saturation: strong


Flow: very good in all pens I've ever filled with it


Shading: quite massive



INK SPLASH



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DROPS OF INK ON KITCHEN TOWEL



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CHROMATOGRAPY



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SOFTWARE ID



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COLOR RANGE



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Calendar - Kaweco Sport, Broad nib



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RHODIA



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Thick layer of ink on Clairefontaine 120 g paper



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Vis, thank you as always for your great reviews. I've reviewed 4 of the callifolio inks. I gave away as samples all the remaining ink. The reviews were dome of my first co-reviews.

 

These inks were not what the ink maker promised. I would be interested in knowing if they still represent that these are super satuated inks when they are more like watercolors. As you can see, the bitter taste of being lied to by the company has not gone away.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Well - that's truth. The color samples on the manufacture sire are much more saturated than in reality. I've exchanged some mails with Didier Boinnard and he's mentioned that he would change sampkles soon. Also some of the colors - especially bluer-greens weren't similar to the samples on the site. I believe it was corrected. I've asked them for the samples of all the iks and there are chances I'll receive them next week so that I can make honest reviews and comparison of all the colors.

 

Basically L'Artisan Pastellier inks are moderately saturated and watery but I love them this way. I have some super saturated inks that I like but I also like inks that are less bold. And they offer variety of nice colors. Also my all time favourite ink is Inti. It's not really saturated, it's subtle. But I left ink in my Graf von Faber-Castell for 8 months. I've forgotten to clean the pen (and it's most expensive pen in my collection). Last week I took it out and not only the ink didn't evaporate but also didn't dry out. The pen was ready to use. In the beginning (first few sentences) the ink was darker than normal but after few seconds the color was back to normal. These inks are REALLY fountain pen friendly. If it was Diamine or even Montblanc I would have to spend two days on cleaning the feed.

 

That's why I strongly advocate Callifolio inks and I'll be honest about them in full line comparison.

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I like your reviews and I trust your honesty. I'm concerned that the beautiful splashes that show sheen, make other believe that these inks will sheen when used for writing. Of all the papers I've tried with these inks, they do not sheen in FP use. If you are advocating them because of their wonderful behavior, I understand and even agree, I just hink it's misleading to present these inks anything above moderately saturated and you need more stauration than that to get sheen. Warn people that they won't get that lovely sheen in everyday use, and I'll be satisfied. I agree the inks performed very well in abusive situations. They are just not saturated like a Diamine, Montblanc, KWZI or Noodler's.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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@Amberlea - most of these inks don't shine. Violet does and not because of saturation but because it contains some goldish particles I can't identify.

 

Most of ink splashes seem to be more saturated that's why I present always writing samples and tell what pen I've used :)

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I've found your splashes of other inks (Diamine Wild Strawberry is a perfect example) to be right on the money. These inks just aren't the saturated color like it looks in your splash. I am still frustrated by the duplicity of the website. I don't think it is even appropriate to call them moderately + saturated. These are very pretty watercolors designed for fountain pens.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Amber - It seems you have some hard feelings about these inks :) Some of them aren't saturated, some are. Omi Osun for example has quite strong saturation. For me watercolors are for example J. Herbin Gris de Nuage (one of 5 worst inks I've ever tried), Toucan's Violet. Callifolio inks are moderately saturated. Some like Omi Osun are quite saturated. I don't increase contrast for them:)

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I do have really hard feeling about this compan, in fact, I'm angry ... I HATE being lied to, and I won't be a party to the untruth. Had they been truthful about the actual saturation levels, I would like their products.

 

In three years despite repeated complaints and assurances they would change their website, they have not done so.

 

Until they accurately represent their products, I won't be endorsing their products and lending my good name to their misrepresentations.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I am looking forward to seeing your reviews of this ink, in part because I've noted that the ink reviews I have seen here are different from what I've seen on Callifolio's website. When you get them all, I've love to see a color palette of the ink, shown together.

 

I also love moderately saturated ink, which has great shading. You've got good taste, and create some fantastic reviews!

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