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I’ve been basically superglued to my desk this week - some big events coming up that all need invitations and certificates! - but most of them have been in black ink on white. Which is beautiful, crisp and clean, but it doesn’t make my little beady magpie eyes light up the way gold does. 😂😂😂 So I was super happy to get to sit down to calligraph a very special certificate this afternoon using gold metallic powder - Schmincke AquaBronze Reichgold - and a toooon of gum arabic, and twenty minutes on the #soapbyluiscreations to make sure it’s mixed thoroughly. . The trick with any metallic ink, whether it’s shell gold or just bronze powder, is to test and test and test before you commit to your final piece - make a few strokes, let it dry, and run your finger over it to make sure there’s enough binder in it. Nothing worse than pigment coming off into powder after you’ve spent an hour working on it! 💨 😢 . Still a couple of Melbourne workshop seats available, link in bio 😘 . . . #calligraphy #satisfying #asmr #copperplate #liquidgold #goldink #gold #goldpigment #schminckeaquabronze #melbournecalligraphy #copperplate #workshops #learncalligraphy #learncalligraphymelbourne

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Mixing up a custom shade of silver acrylic ink with the @luis.creations Soap. As you can see it’s a very complicated process 😂😂 I have such trouble finding just the right shade of silver that it’s easier to just make it! This is five drops of Dr Martins Black Sparkle added to Iridescent White and left on the stirrer for a few minutes. I kind of love watching it spin up. . You can still get this stirrer from @luis.creations shop at a 10% discount if you use the affiliate code SOAPMOYA, even if you missed the initial 10% discount at launch. 😘🙏 . . . . . . #soapbyluiscreations #inkmixing #customink #calligraphy #satisfying #asmr #oddlysoothing #inklove #silver #love #inkstirrer #magneticstirrer #magic #melbourne #melbourneart #calligraphytips #calligraphytools

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We teased a little about this at @callicon.au, where I got to try one of these babies out: Australian-made, handheld, adorable, functional auto magical ink stirrers!! I can’t WAIT till they’re in production - goodbye to cords and ugly lab stirrers, hello cute soap bar. And because it’s Luis and Zizi making them, you know they’ll have every detail attended to perfectly - like Luis’s holders. Get excited! And get on over to @luis.creations to tell him if you’re interested - I feel like these are going to run out veeerry quick. . . . Repost @luis.creations: ・・・ It all started from a request @zizicalligraphy asked back in March. "Can you please stir the ink for me while I am writing these envelopes? My hands are sore!" I said I can get you a laboratory stirrer, it will do the job." And she said no, I want something that looks nice. In order not to get myself stuck in stirring the ink forever, I had to do something. And here we go, the first ink stirrer especially designed for suiting the needs of CALLIGRAPHERS is now in production!! It's been a very long process for the development, having done tons of experiments, going through a lot of problems, getting them solved one by one to get the right speed, get the right sizes of the stir bars which won't splash the ink everywhere and is able to run long hours without having it attached to a cord, you can bring and use it anywhere even without a power point nearby and most important the tools that Calligraphy uses has to look nice! It is only very limited quantity for the first production which is expected to be ex-factory before Christmas. I may consider to increase the quantity if there is a strong appeal and interest. Are you guys feeling excited about it?? Please show your interest by commenting in this post. I want to hear from you to set my order quantity and pricing. The pre-sales will happen soon! Stay around!! . . . #calligrapher #inkstirrerbyluiscreations #letterer #soapbyluiscreations #pearlex #hkcalligraphy #melbournecalligraphy #dippen #obliquepen #obliqueholder #calligraphy #calligraphyau #calligraphynerd #inkstirrer #calligraphytools #calligraphytips