“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

“Words are a surgeon’s tool when the scalpel lacks a place…” Paul Kalanithi So these have begun appearing in art supply shops. They are real Swann-Morton disposable scalpels. They are sterile and they are surgical grade. Surgeons are complete snobs about their scalpels, so I wouldn’t actually use one of these for an operation. They… Read more

Leonardo Momento Zero Grande Eclipsis Moon Blue livery shown Delta Pens was or is (it is tricky to know), an important second tier Italian pen company. It sat just a smidge behind Visconti and Montegrappa in terms of brand recognition. Delta was founded in Naples in 1982, and was best known for its marbled black… Read more