On Tuesday September 17th, Tim McLaughlin presented his lecture: Artisan Ink and the New Calligraphers: Handmade Ink and the Return of Penwork. Tim opened with a collage of films in which writing and calligraphy played a pivotal role. He then toured the audience through a history of ink with special emphasis on the relationship of inks to natural dyes and traditional textile techniques.

Each year Tim makes a limited edition of handmade ink. For 2019 he made two shades of cochineal ink, bottled in collaboration with Thomas Little (@a.rural.pen) and launched it on lecture night. A boxed set of two ampules of this ink are available on the Maiwa website.

Tim concluded with a short film which he made specially for the lecture. We've uploaded it to the Maiwa Youtube site.