“Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with golden lacquer. It teaches us to embrace damage and flaws.” — ManGill. For most of my adult life I have helped repair the sick. Many had their lives suddenly shattered and altered forever. It was a job at which I was quite good. Recently, the… Read more

“Blood is life…” Bram Stoker Pennonia is a boutique ink maker which strongly identifies with the Hungarian culture of it’s owners. Ironically, it is physically located in the Romanian town of Carei. They offer over 47 individual inks and Csillam (liquid shimmer ink additives) in 16 separate colours. That means you can create 752 possible… Read more

“I prefer to live in colour…” David Hockney How you mix the colour orange reveals a lot about your personal ideology. Are you RYB or RGB? Colour theory wheels abound in the world of pigment based art, particularly watercolours, and ironically are everywhere online for those seeking instruction and help. They all show the mixing… Read more