35.00 GBP
Desk companions, writers' gifts, beach stone ornaments, home study décor, to have and to hold pebble paperweights.
For writers and lovers of ink and the written word.
Fragments of 16th century ink recipes typewritten on tissue paper follow the natural contours of these pebbles which come from the northern coasts of the Scottish Highlands.
Fragment of Waterman Ink trademark finished with Montblanc Mystery Ink, varnished with clear lacquer.
Colour of pebbles: grey
Origin: Scottish Highlands
Ink recipes from "A Booke of Secrets" (1596) containing trade recipes and formulas from the Renaissance.
Approx. dimensions: 11.5 cm x 5 cm and 10 cm x 9 cm
Ink recipe fragment:
"Take halfe a pint of water, a pint wanting a quarter of wine, and as much vineger, which being mixed together make a quart and a quarter of a pint more, then take six ounces of gauls beaten into small pouder, and sifted through a sive, put this pouder into a pot by it selfe, and poure halfe the water, wine and vineger into it..."
Part of the Word Stones collection.
See the whole collection on
www.inklinx.weebly.com
UK and international shipping
*
The work of collage artist Lito Apostolakou hosted in Inklinks discusses narratives of time, words, memory and history. Lito uses antique papers, archival ink, vintage prints and worn stationery to create 3D collages on found objects like stones, wooden boards and writing cases. Her pieces are inspired by literary works, museum vitrines and archival exhibits as well as by the actual tools of mark making and their histories.
Lito works from her home studio in Muswell Hill, London.
www.inklinx.weebly.com