IWI - Slight Snow

IWI - Slight Snow - ink drop

Featured here is Slight Snow from Taiwanese pen and ink maker International Writing Instruments (IWI). Slight Snow is part of their 24-ink Colors of Nature series. It’s an interesting and quite attractive series, with lots of quirky, non-standard colors.

IWI - Slight Snow - beautiful shades and range!

Slight Snow is a beautifully gentle, smokey mauve. Look at that chromatography! From blue to yellow, peach, and then pink, this is a complex blend. When the ink hits the page, strokes have a darker, plum coloration. That quickly takes on powdery greys that give it an almost Victorian charm. It shades substantially, with very nice lights and darks in each stroke. A page full of writing is far more beautiful than you might guess from the splatter alone!

IWI - Slight Snow - unusual edge colors

This is a wet ink, like the other IWI inks that I’ve tried. There’s not as much feathering as some of the other IWI inks, but it’s still an issue on many papers. On my standard test papers, Kokuyo and Mnemosyne showed the least feather, but it still wasn’t great. (The splatter image is on Rhodia.) However, again, there was an answer.

IWI - Slight Snow - ink swatch card

It was my daily work papers that performed best. On both Hp BrightWhite 24 (uncoated, 105 gsm), and Xerox Bold Digital (coated, 105 gsm) performance was excellent with almost no feather. Drying was quick on both, and there’s some decent water-resistance, too. These papers have saved my relationship with the beautiful IWI inks!

IWI - Slight Snow - ink swatch comparisons

I’m really enjoying these inks, and Slight Snow is very addictive. The more I use it, the more I like it! If you can grab either of those papers mentioned, I definitely recommend IWI Slight Snow. I’m sure that there are many compatible papers for this ink, but it isn’t the usual standards, and it’s worth the effort to find a match.

IWI - Slight Snow - dark edge