When Bryan sees his daughter Alice practicing Japanese calligraphy with a brush and ink, he is struck by how outdated it all seems... When do you need to use a pen nowadays, let alone a brush?!

and Korea developed their own methods of creating high-quality calligraphy tools. Top-of-the-line brushes can cost $1,000, and quality ink sticks can reach multiple thousands of dollars.

Taiwanese Artist Grace Tan Fuses Ink, Rhythm, and Light to Create a Cross-Cultural Dialogue TAIPEI, TW, Apr 8, 2025 - (ACN ...

brushes for calligraphy, a Bitong (a brush pot) to put your brushes in, and an ink stone to grind up ink. These pots are quite difficult to date accurately, but judging by the style of carving ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Traditional Japanese calligraphy ink, referred to as sumi ink, comes in a solid form. It takes at least four years of production before these ink sticks can be sold ...

rendered through Banerjee’s brush and ink, become more than temporal markers; they mirror existence itself, constantly shifting and never complete. Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay's calligraphy does not ...