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header by suzuki eizin, avatar by will barnet

[boatsease]

after over a year of hunting, i finally found the mechanical pencils to match my pair of favorite 1970s japanese fountain pens. now i just need the ballpoints and i'll have two completed sets of three :)

some history about these guys below

in the ~70s, platinum (& sailor & pilot) made a ton of pocket pens¹ with screenprinted nature motifs. these are from a series of 8 designs that had white-lacquered bodies and matching mechanical pencils & ballpoints

considering i got them from 3 different sellers, my quartet are surprisingly similar! they all have their price tags², which i slip off during use, and they’re all likely NOS store displays/testers³. the fountain pens have (very, very nice, less common) 18k soft fine nibs

¹with ~60s-80s japanese fountain pens, “pocket pens” = this specific form factor. slip-caps and short when capped, with a cap that’s most of the length of the body so the pen is comfortably longer when posted

²the prices & tag style put these btwn the series' ‘69 launch and its early-70s ¥500 price increase, at which they also made the pencils shorter

³the pencils show no weathering; the ginkgo pen is slightly sun-yellowed. the hydrangea pen is much more interesting: it was displayed posted, likely for years. there’s negligible fading on the barrel, but the yellows that platinum screenprinted green leaves with were fugitive, so the cap shows this beautiful green-teal-aqua gradient that works as a map for the pattern of sun exposure in its part of the store. i think that’s really charming.

[herpsandbirds]

Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris), male, family Crotaphytidae, Arizona, USA

photographs by Berkeley Martineau

[huariqueje]

Sand Dunes (early work) - Tatsuo Takayama , 1936.

Japanese , 1912-2007

[nordenflycht]

i went to see the graduation exhibit from textile students at handarbetets vänner yesterday. some highlights:

att tiga är silver by cecilia rang. ikat and hand embroidery inspired by blackout poetry.

quality of life: slightly used, gently loved by esther sailer. moorman tapestry.

vävakt by alix bodin. shadow weave, rya, moorman.

origami stolen by miyako tanaka. veckväv (i don't know what the technique is called in english. the folds are woven directly into the fabric. it appears to be a double weave where the top layer is longer than the bottom layer. the weft is paper yarn, the stuffing is paper fibres, and she also made the armchair from cardboard.)

alla lager av min hud by sarai álvarez riveros. damask, mixed techniques in linen and copper thread.

insektssamlingen by helga ehinger. free embroidery.

(one of them had a visitor)

[jamesleech]

Mother and Daughter, Oil on yupo, 9 x 5.5", 2025 Father and Son, Oil on yupo, 9 x 5.5", 2025

From Love Streams (1984). Happy to share that these two will be showing at "Film School", put together by @jettpack and Woodrow White. It will be showing this Saturday, May 31st at Giant Robot in LA!

[meroru]

[anchovy]

This is what posting your artwork after a mutual posts a big life update feels like

[hideki-koga]

オオセイボウ（Cuckoo Wasp）

[random-brushstrokes]

Maximilian Liebenwein - The Legend of Saint George: The Rescue (1903)

[huariqueje]

Bodnant Canal Terrace, Study - Francis Hamel , 2023.

British , b. 1963 -

Oil on linen , 48 x 18 cm. 19 x 7 in.

[gentlekiss]

source

[theweirdwideweb]

300 year old leather star map by the Skidi, one of the four bands of the Pawnee tribe. The Skidi Pawnee historically lived on the Central Plains of Nebraska and Kansas.

[architectureofdoom]

Meldon dam, Okehampton

[segmentedleg]

Radiciform Bottle. Kit Paulson. Glass, cork.

[huariqueje]

Ligth and shadow in the library  -   Bea Sarrias

Catalan, b. 1978  -

Acrylic on canvas , 62 × 100 cm.

[huariqueje]

Bowl with Red Fruits - Annabelle Six , 2014. *

Dutch , b. 1949 -

Oil on panel , 40 x 50 cm.

*correction

[noirlac]