Chinese callligraphy / Japanese sumi ink well - grinding stone with cover, charcoal black
The ink well is an essential tool in the tradition of oriental brush painting. The stone acts as both grinding surface for the solid ink stick and ink well for painting and writing. There is no culture in the world where putting brush to paper has a longer history than China, where paper was invented. Reorient's traditional ink well comes from Shanghai and is made today in much the same was as hundreds of years ago. The authentic cold stone is instrumental in the arts of both literature and watercolor brush painting throughout Asia. In the Zen discipline, brushwork is also used as an exercise in meditation. Our simple round and square ink stone is the perfect compliment to a Zen arts setting. $11
