Zawijas · Kraków

Fountain-pen ink that shades as it dries.

Six colours, mixed by hand in Podgórze, Kraków. 50 ml in glass, 49 zł a bottle.

Six ink washes in a row on white cotton paper, blue-black, turquoise, green, slate, brick red and violet, feathering into each other

One bottle, three, or all six to try

One bottle

Any of the six colours.

49 zł/ 50 ml
50 ml in a square glass bottle
A swab card of the colour
Posted within two working days
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Three bottles

Any three colours, 12 zł less than three single bottles.

135 zł/ 3 × 50 ml
Mix the colours as you like
Three swab cards
Posted within two working days
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Six samples

Every colour, enough to fill a pen twice.

59 zł/ 6 × 5 ml
All six colours in 5 ml vials
Six swab cards
Posted within two working days
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Six open square bottles of ink seen from above in two rows of three, blue-black, turquoise and green over slate, brick red and violet, their black caps beside them on a pale wooden table
A steel dip-pen nib held just above an open bottle of turquoise ink, a drop falling back into the bottle, more bottles blurred behind
Six white cards on a grey table, each brushed with one ink, blue-black, turquoise, green, slate, brick red and violet, a dip pen and a brush beside them
A glass funnel lined with filter paper standing in a square bottle, a beaker of blue-black ink with a glass rod and a pipette, six coloured bottles behind them on a wooden table by a window

In every bottle

  • 50 ml, water-based dye ink
  • pH 6 to 7, no iron gall or pigment
  • No shellac, so it rinses out with water
  • Shades on most papers

The six colours

InkColourShadingDries in (80gsm paper)
No. 1 Podgórze Blue-BlackDeep blue-blackLight15 s
No. 2 Zakrzówek TurquoiseClear turquoiseStrong10 s
No. 3 Planty GreenPark greenMedium12 s
No. 4 Tatra SlateBlue-greyMedium15 s
No. 5 Kazimierz BrickBrick redStrong12 s
No. 6 Krzemionki DuskDusky violetMedium18 s
How a batch is made

Two hundred bottles at a time

Ksenia Wrzos mixed paint for a living before she mixed ink. Each batch is stirred for a day, filtered twice and tried on ten papers before it is bottled. When a colour sells out, the next batch is a few weeks away.

Hear when a new colour is mixed

One email when a batch is bottled or a new colour is ready, and nothing else.

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Before you order

How long does delivery take?

We post within two working days. Parcels reach Poland a day or two later, and the rest of the EU in three to six days. Postage is 12 zł in Poland and 29 zł in the EU; outside the EU, email first.

Can I send a bottle back?

Yes. Write to us within 14 days of delivery and send the bottle back, and we refund it when it arrives.

Is it safe for my fountain pen?

Yes. Every colour is a water-based dye ink with a pH between 6 and 7, with no iron gall, pigment or shellac. Rinse the pen with water when you change colours.

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