Blog Posts on 1670 ink

On Review: 12 Red Inks by Rants of The Archer on Oct 14, 2011Can you guess how many red inks are here? I know I did not reveal the answer soon as I have promised, but did you make a guess? Did you get it right? If your guess is 12, then you got it! There is a dozen red inks in this doodle and in this hug...

Ink Review: J. Herbin Diabolo Menthe by Rants of The Archer on May 30, 2011In my part of the globe, summer is nearing its end as rains begin to pelt us from tropical storm Bebeng (Aere) and typhoon Chedeng (Songda). But before summer finally bids us farewell and this post becomes a weather alert, let me write my long-postp...

Ink Review: J. Herbin 1670 Ink by Rants of The Archer on Nov 4, 2010Red was your colour. If not red, then white. But red Was what you wrapped around you. Blood-red. Was it blood? Was it red-ochre, for warming the dead? Haematite to make immortal The precious heirloom bones, the family bones. - Ted Hughes, 'Red' Kare...