(Susan M. Pigott is a fountain pen collector, pen and paperholic, photographer, and professor. You can find more from Susan on her blog Scribalishess.)
“The Holly and the Ivy” is one of my favorite Christmas carols. I especially like the version sung by John Rutter’s Cambridge Singers. The carol uses the holly plant to evoke images related to Mary’s birth of Christ.
Holly is the color for Day 18. It is a green sheen ink that leans towards teal. The sheen is a bright magenta, which nicely evokes the red berries of the holly plant.
On white Rhodia paper, the tealishness of the ink comes through more. It has nice shading properties in addition to the sheen. The
ink is quite different from the previous greens in the Inkvent calendar (Mistletoe and Elf). It is much darker, for one, and it has a much bluer tone to it. It’s also the first green ink with sheen.
Holly is a gorgeous color. I don’t write with many green inks, but this is one that I can see myself using well beyond the Christmas season.
(Cult Pens provided the Diamine Inkvent Calendar to Pen Addict free of charge for review purposes.)
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