Category: Stories

See also inkston gallery. Guides and stories about chinese culture and history and the craftspeople keeping these alive today.

Chinese Colours

Inkston supplies the finest traditional colours available from Jiang SiXu Tang and Old Hu Kai Wen: PS., if you are looking for materials for Tang…

SheXian, Anhui Art and Calligraphy exhibition

Photos from the SheXian Art and Calligraphy exhibition opening now at SheXian art museum (歙县美术馆). SheXian in Anhui is the home of some of the…

Old Hu Kai Wen 胡开文 and Li Ting Gui 李廷珪 Inksticks

The story of the old Hu Kai Wen ink workshop and Li Ting Gui ancient inks still made today in old Huizhou in Anhui province.…

Inkstick Recipes through History

China has over 2000 years history of using and making inksticks. The industry reached its heights in the Ming and Qing Dynasty when methods were most…

Chinese Ink – traditional handmade inksticks

Inkstick introduction Chinese ink is produced in stick form rather than liquid, so it lasts for generations without drying out.  To use the ink, the stick…

#inktober 2017 ink offers

inktober offer: 15% off all inksticks until end October 2017 with coupon 'inktober' try a new ink for inktober or buy one for your artist…

Feng ZiKai 丰子恺 and Cats

Feng Zikai (simplified Chinese: 丰子恺; traditional Chinese: 豐子愷; pinyin: Fēng Zǐkǎi) (November 9, 1898 – September 15, 1975) was an influential Chinese painter, pioneering manhua…

Puzzle Pictures

We're adding some fun and puzzles to a new react-native mobile app to promote the art. What would you like to see?

New Ceramics

Some new ceramics from the artists in JingdeZhen. Which ones do you like? Let us know and we will get in an order for you.…

Inkston September 2017 Offers

Need anything for the new term or for the end of year? Because we know everything is hectic at the end of the year, we…

Inkston Forums and Rewards Scheme

Did you know you now get reward points just for asking a question or making a comment on Inkston! To celebrate the opening of the…

Retirement, 陈尹 Chen Yin

陈尹 Chen Yin, 清 early Qing Dynasty.   'Retirement' is a set of 12 fine Chinese brush paintings done by artist Chen Yin in early…