Writing, learning, dangerous pencil sharpeners & top of the class notebooks
In the first podcast of the year, (I know, we're slack), Helen and Rob chat about recent stationery finds, purchases and goodies.
- Helen geeks out with a colleague who loves Fountain Pens - and is an expert on paper quality.
- They head to Gilbert House Pens to spend money.
- Helen buys a feather resin pen.
- Brad Herrington from Gilbert House Pens is helpful and guides Helen to the right pen.
- Helen is now obsessed with inks, especially after we had Urban Hafner on the show.
- Helen is now using shimmer inks of various colours.
- Rob is taking out extra loans to cover his addiction to Domestika courses.
- Rob is now finishing a small lettering course by Little Hannah (amongst other courses!)
- Rob has therefore bought some Pentel Brush pens for the course - sorry, Rob referred to them as ink pens in the podcast - they are not. They are brush pens.
- Rob apologises if you head to Domestika and up remortgaging your house. Their courses are brilliant.
- Helen has convinced friend of the show, Helen Callaghan (Guest on Episode 20), to set some constraints and coach / mentor Stationery Freak Helen on writing.
- Helen has finally found a use for her "top of the class" Mark and Fold notebook - you know, that notebook that is super special.
- And now Helen has replaced it with another "top of the class" notebook from LeVan notebooks.
- A beautiful hand stitched notebook, that lays flat, and is covered in Japanese silk/linen.
- It turns out Helen keeps her unused notebooks (of which most Stationery Freaks have hundreds) on display.
- Rob finds this unsettling as it would remind him of all of the potential he has yet to release.
- Rob keeps his hidden away in his writing desk
- Rob is following the wonderfully talented Play Attention Now on Instagram - he has inspired Rob to keep learning to draw.
- Which is why Rob has purchased another Ottergami notebook.
- Helen has signed up for a writing workshop that takes place over 30 weeks with Alison and Jenny who run "A Novel in a year"
- Rob mentions his upcoming book "Take a day off" over on Cultivated Management
- Rob has bought an old school Rapesco pencil sharpener.
- Helen has bought an ergonomically challenged pencil sharpener of her own - that slices fingers in the process of sharpening pencils.
- Rob has bought a book called "Japanese Colour Matching" from the wonderful CounterPrint books.
- Stationery Freak Helen and author Helen Callaghan are taking their "creative constraints" workshop to conferences this year! How exciting.
Until next time.
Rob and Helen
Rob and Helen
