You knew I would go here, right? With the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, its been a permanent celebration at our house. I am streaming the live feed mirroring the moon landing (link below), writing with the ink from the Colorverse First Moon Landing set and generally being our most space geekiest that we can possibly be.
Join in the fun with some of our links of the week:
- Channel 4 launches livestream mirroring the 1969 moon landing, to the exact second (via It’s Nice That)
- Studio Neat “Mark One: Apollo 11” Limited-Edition Space Pen (via Tools and Toys)
- The Atlas of Moons (via Kottke)
- Studio Drift’s drone art to fly over Kennedy Space Center today for Apollo 11 launch anniversary (via It’s Nice That)
Pens:
- Platinum Procyon Fountain Pen (via The Pen Addict)
- Video : Prometheus Writes Alpha Bamboo Pen (via Nib & Ink)
- Pilot Custom Heritage 912 FA (via Dapprman)
- Lamy Nexx (Lime, Fine Nib) (via Hand Over That Pen)
- Comparative Overview: Lamy 2000 Stainless Steel & Makrolon (via Scrively)
- Guest post: Pens for New Writers – What to Look for in a Vintage Pen (via Paper Pens Ink)
- Esterbrook Phaeton 300R Fountain Pen (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Ink:
- Cult Pens Diamine Deep Dark Purple Ink (via Gourmet Pens)
- Diamine Lilac Satin & Firestorm Red (via Parka Blogs)
- Sailor Ink Studio Swatch Tests – Part 11 – Blacks, Olives and Magic – (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
- robert oster signature astorquiza rot (via Ink Sharks)
- Troublemakers • Milky Ocean (via Inkantadora’s International Desk)
- Troublemaker inks • Abalone (via Inkantadora’s International Desk)
- Vanness Pen Shop compares yellow fountain pen inks (via Quo Vadis Blog)
Pencils:
- Pencil Review: Marco Grip-Rite (2B w/ Bonus Sharpener) (via Polar Pencil Pusher)
- The Best Lead Holders (via JetPens)
- Vintage Colored Pencils: Eberhard Faber Design (Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
Paper & Notebooks:
- Artist Loses Sketchbook (via Notebook Stories)
- Pen Chalet Endless Recorder Notebook (via Fountain Pen Love)
- My 2019 Journaling Setup: Nanami Paper Cafe Note and Midori 5-Years Journal (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Art & Creativity:
- These Embroidered Cakes Look Almost Too Good to Eat (via Brown Paper Bag)
- Printmaking with the six-year-old (via Austin Kleon)
- Amsterdam Sketch Kit: Same as Every Day (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Meet Catherine Segura, the Young Woman Who is Keeping Tintype Photography Alive (via Atomic Redhead)
- Favorite NYC Spots Lovingly Illustrated (via Kottke)
Other Interesting Things:
- Galen Leather Tool Wrap vs. Superior Labor Leather Pen Roll (via Gourmet Pens)
- 7 Tips to Improve Your Hand Lettering (via The Postman’s Knock)
- Journalist Nellie Bly Will Receive a Monument on the Grounds of the Asylum She Helped Close (via Hyperallergic)
- Classic Rock And New Wave Songs Brilliantly Reimagined As Vintage Pulp Fiction Paperbacks (via Design You Trust)
The vintage pulp fiction paperback covers! Brilliant.
I’ve been using Diamine Moon Dust ink, and a sample of Nemosine Moon Crater Black ink.
I have a table set up with Space Race Retro 51 pens, the Three Missions Field Notes plus their Full Moon Lunacy notebook. A stuffed Snoopy astronaut and Snoopy on the Moon celebrating NASA ornament, both from Hallmark. The Acme Studio Rocket Hero Buzz Aldrin Pen from the 40th anniversary, and a deck of Apollo playing cards I bought along with a cap for my Dad for Father’s Day bought from the online store of the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Also a book from the Smithsonian called A History in Objects Apollo to the Moon. I also got a 50th Anniversary T-Shirt on amazon.
Late to the party, yesterday I ordered the American Experience Chasing the Moon DVDs and the companion book. A book recommended by a pen club friend is under consideration called One Giant Leap. In the newspaper today, Andrew Chaikin was mentioned as “our best historian of the space age.” I’ve seen him in the TV shows about the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. I’ve seen his name when searching for books.
I hope to get a cake, and white sparkle gel icing today, for Saturday’s Moon landing and walk anniversary. Space geeks unite!
We woke up this morning and tuned into to the live rebroadcast of the moon landing, which we’ve had playing for the last few days, knowing that in a couple hours, they will land on the moon. We watched part of the American Experience the other day on PBS too. Space geeks, definitely unite!
Oh yes!
PBS has been calling it the Summer of Space. Smithsonian channel had good programming as well.
I like your NASA cup. If I didn’t spend too much money on pens and ink, I’d spend it on Space things.
Ana, have you ever been to The Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson? It’s very much worth visiting.
Yes, we have been to the Cosmosphere! It’s amazing. More so because it’s in the middle of kansas.