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2025 Ink of the Month - Cuckoo Wasp - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample
2025 Ink of the Month - Cuckoo Wasp - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample
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A living jewel, with original artwork by Ryan Rivers.
The Cuckoo Wasp (Chrysididae) glitters like a living jewel, its metallic green body and iridescent blue shimmer making it one of nature's most dazzling insects, and it is a master of survival, able to curl into a protective ball. This ink captures that electric beauty with a cool, light green base offering subtle shading and excellent legibility, crowned with a highly reflective metallic electric blue shimmer that shifts and flickers across the page like the wasp's armour in sunlight. The first Van Dieman's release to feature an external artist collaboration. September 2025.
Try before you commit to a full bottle. Each sample is hand-decanted into a 4ml glass vial with a screw-top cap and a labelled colour name, so you can test the shading, sheen, and flow in your own pens on your own paper first.
This is a shimmer ink. Shake gently before each fill, and use it only in fountain pens that can be easily disassembled for cleaning. Dip pens and brushes are always a safe bet.
Volume: 4ml glass sample vial
Series: Van Dieman's 2025 Ink of the Month
Base colour: Cool light shading green
Shimmer: Metallic electric blue shimmer
Dye-based, water-based ink
Decanted in-house from a 15ml bottle in the Van Dieman's 2025 Boxed Collection
Handmade in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
A perfect way to build a swatch library or fill an ink-sample flight. Ideal for junk journaling, lettering, fountain pen collectors, and stationery lovers who want to explore Van Dieman's Tasmanian inks without committing to a full bottle.
The Cuckoo Wasp (Chrysididae) glitters like a living jewel, its metallic green body and iridescent blue shimmer making it one of nature's most dazzling insects, and it is a master of survival, able to curl into a protective ball. This ink captures that electric beauty with a cool, light green base offering subtle shading and excellent legibility, crowned with a highly reflective metallic electric blue shimmer that shifts and flickers across the page like the wasp's armour in sunlight. The first Van Dieman's release to feature an external artist collaboration. September 2025.
Try before you commit to a full bottle. Each sample is hand-decanted into a 4ml glass vial with a screw-top cap and a labelled colour name, so you can test the shading, sheen, and flow in your own pens on your own paper first.
This is a shimmer ink. Shake gently before each fill, and use it only in fountain pens that can be easily disassembled for cleaning. Dip pens and brushes are always a safe bet.
Volume: 4ml glass sample vial
Series: Van Dieman's 2025 Ink of the Month
Base colour: Cool light shading green
Shimmer: Metallic electric blue shimmer
Dye-based, water-based ink
Decanted in-house from a 15ml bottle in the Van Dieman's 2025 Boxed Collection
Handmade in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
A perfect way to build a swatch library or fill an ink-sample flight. Ideal for junk journaling, lettering, fountain pen collectors, and stationery lovers who want to explore Van Dieman's Tasmanian inks without committing to a full bottle.
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