Anderillium - Shoebill Stork Grey
Anderillium Shoebill Stork Grey - Ink Drop
Anderillium inks are fairly new, but over the past couple of years they have slowly increased their footprint through pen shows and an increasing list of retail partners. Anderillium Ink sent me three inks to try. Two are from Cephalopods, their 1st series, and one from Avian, their latest series.
A cool, smoky grey!
Today’s ink is Shoebill Stork Grey. It’s a lovely, creamy smoke grey, comfortable on the eyes and the psyche. I found a lot of shading in medium and broader nibs, and both lights and darks are clean and pure. There’s no sheen, but in a clean grey like this, I don’t want any. It’s peaceful and clean, and it shows a lot of variation.
Nice shading and definition!
Shoebill Stork Grey is a nice writing ink. I didn’t find any feather or bleed. It’s wet and flows well, and it shows different sides on different papers. For some reason, drying was a problem on my swatch card, but not on the other papers tested (Rhodia & Kokuyo at 25 seconds, Fabriano, Mnemosyne, & Apica at 10-20 seconds). I enjoy using this ink.
Anderillium Shoebill Stork Grey’s bottle and packaging
I don’t particularly like the jam jar bottles with metal caps. I’m never confident about this style of bottle with ink, and metal caps have the potential to corrode. They’re a bit of a letdown, in general. (Anderillium have switched to a somewhat better bottle design since writing this review.)
Anderillium Shoebill Stork Grey - swatch card
Based in Florida, Anderillium handmake all of their inks in-house. As you might guess from their themes, they are passionate about protecting the oceans and wildlife, and choose sustainable, environmentally friendly materials whenever possible. At US$14.50 for 45 ml, these inks are priced very attractively. This is a company I can happily support, and I think you’ll really enjoy their inks.
More lights and darks of Shoebill Stork Grey
Please note: This ink was sent to me by Anderillium Inks, but that did not influence my review. As always, I present my honest opinions both good and bad.