Let's Call This "golden Oasis At Night"

[Enkida]

What do you do with shimmer inks that you don't like? Try to make them into shimmer inks that you do like...

 

I was aiming for a grey here, but I got a black instead. It's still nice. I haven't noticed anything funky settling on the bottom of my mixing jar in 24 hours, with the exception, obviously, of glitter particles.

 

2 parts Pelikan Edelstein Sapphire

1 part Diamine Golden Oasis

1 part Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Red

1 part Caran d'Ache Cosmic Black

 

I'm fairly sure you could replace any of these colours with a generic enough royal blue, bright orangy-red, and black ink and get very similar results to this. The green has to be Diamine for the gold particles, though.

 

Sparkle shows up just fine, most noticably on absorbant papers like Leuchtturm and Oxford. Does well on Clairefontaine. Looks very sparse on Tomoe River. Tested with a FPR Himalaya ultra flex nib (very wet writer). Images follow:

 

Leuchtturm 1917:

 

Tomoe River (the heavier one. 62gsm?):

 

Left: Clairefontaine Triomphe 90gsm
Right: Oxford Optik 90gsm

 

Oxford Optik shimmer:

 

Clairefontaine shimmer:

Edited September 2, 2019 by Enkida

[inkstainedruth]

It would be interesting to see a side by side comparison with J Herbin Stormy Grey, which also has gold particles in it.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Eclipse157]

wow! congrats on getting an ink you like, and thanks for sharing. The difference in shimmer showing on various paper is astonishing, very interesting.