How much in powder? I only have gum arabic in powder form

Lmao! I'm not gonna lie to you. Matches are way more dangerous. A lighter does burn down to your fingers. Lol. But if you held it on for a while and it goes off. You need to give it a minute so the metal cools down.

Thank you 🙏🏻

Omg it worked immediately!!

By using heat you're creating a seasoning with the oil by taking it past its smoke point. Similar to how cast iron and carbon steel pans are seasoned. This method could provide more protection for the pen vs the potato method which fully strips oil from the nib and will cause the ink to flow more easily since the seasoning fills in any imperfections in the nib.

Did you refill the paint pen?

Mines is a bigger one but it doesn't write like urs

Would sodium alginate work like this as well?

am..... am...... ammmm

Paint comes out, not ink.

I twisted it off in 2 seconds.

Didn't fix mine, ink doesn't flow down at all . I wonder if I gave a bad one

We could barely hear the “lawn machines” ;o)

Hi! I am watching your video again because is so interesting. Thanks for this information. I am a lefthanded person with enthusiasm to learn calligraphy techniques.

Gracias por compartir

thank you ElisaAnne for this video. this seems to be closest to my hand position style as well, and very helpful. have a wonderful day.

I also read that you can initially soak your nibs in alcohol or acetone to remove the oil. Do you agree with this method? I found it to work well trying it for the first time today but I am worried about any damage it could've done.

I was worried i was ruining my brush pen trying to figure it out. Its very unsatisfying.. I dont enjoy the feeling at all of pushing a tip, maybe i will continue practicing backwards

This is fantastic video .. I was unable to use my many nibs it was not working properly so i was tensed but I warm it up and it is working properly after thate I am so happy 🤩🥰 thankyou

Lets subscribe my new calligraphy channel 👇 @calligraphy181

hitting the nib with a flame is one of the most idiotic things you can do to it. Nibs are made from spring steel, which contains between 0,5-1% carbon, so it can be hardened. That´s important because a nib made from mild steel would just bend and not spring back into it´s original form. To achieve that, nibs have to be heat treated. The first step is to heat the steel to around 800°C and then cooling it off quickly, for example by dropping it in oil. The steel is now very hard but very brittle. The nib would just break. That´s why there is a second step to the heat treating process, the tempering. The metal is heated up again, usually to 200-300°C, depending on the properties the final product is supposed to have. The tempering takes away a bit of the hardness but gives the steel it´s flexibility back. In order to burn off the oil from the surface you have to get the nib way hotter than 300°C. That means the nib is now much softer than the manufacturer intended. It´s not as springy as before and it will wear out much faster. That means by heating it with the flame, she just ruined a perfectly good nib. Don´t do that shit. It´s stupid.

Thenk you! it does work!! 😊

Another beginner here, but why not use isopropyl alcohol to remove the oil? The open flame can cause permanent discoloration and weaken the metal overall. I don't see how the alcohol wash would do more damage than that.

I might have enjoyed calligraphy while I was in art if someone had shown me how to hold my pen as a lefty.

Hi, fellow leftie here, I was wondering what the struggle was going to be for a leftie in this type of art, and after watching this video which I was watching for the purpose of the video, and realized immediately that you are also left handed and you seem to have no trouble at all and it gives me so much more hope and confidence that I will be able to do it too:) thank you for this!!!

The bottle I bought was completely solid when it arrived…

You can use it on your teeth too😅

Being left-handed is so difficult to achieve great results. My calligraphy isn't clean 😢

I saw another artist submerge her nibs in boiling water, then dry them. Any issues come up with doing that?

Your Presentation is Awesome I Really enjoyed All You taught Me here definitely earned my sub and Appreciation Thank You So much I Love Your Style

About a year ago someone gave me a pen with a bunch of nibs as a gift. I was super excited to use it, but was disappointed, as it never worked well for me. A few months later I then used the pen for a prop in an outdoor photo shoot, where it accidentally fell into a campfire on site. Thankfully the pen was not damaged, and that nib began working incredibly well! Now I know why 😂

Great...but a person doing this needs great penmanship

This is just so stupid, you all seem to know nothing about metal and heat!!!😢

You are absolutely precious 💖 I'm from Georgia too! Born and raised.

It is beautiful!

If you are left handed, why not put your wedding ring on the right?

Thank you!!!

Uso para dibujar mismo proceso

So do you pull or push more? It looks like your pushing more?

Hello😊 do i need to use a match all the time because you not cleaning the nib after burning the layar on the nib.

Doing God's work!!!

Fun fact: gum arabic has been used as a binder for inks for centuries. It was commonly used in iron gaul ink(used in the 18th century on special documents like the declaration of independence and the constitution) so the tanic acid and iron sulfate didn't run from the paper.

John Neal Books sells small quantities of gum Arabic around 1.50

hiiii, i just saw your video passed by my recommendations and watched it because of interest and I'm really amazed by your penmanship. Do you have any tips to improve one's penmanship? I'm a left-handed person but my penmanship is really bad (like really really bad) and I want to improve it.

Hi I'm also a leftie and I was wondering if you had any recommendations on either calligraphy workbooks or anything similar for beginners to actually learn how to write the letters it would be so much help if you responded ❤

is it bad if i get it red hot😳?

You are so good with left hand so good i am so happy

I’m left handed as well. I always wanted to learn this writing technique but being a south paw was bit of a snag😏

always point the knife away from you.

First time watching your video. I am a lefty. I would love to learn Calligraphy. I have 4 questions for you: 1) I write with my WHOLE left hand(to where I am "clutching" my pen, pencil etc.). Is that going to be a problem? 2) Can Calligraphy be a new style/form of writing for the person? 3) Since I want to learn Calligraphy, will I have to learn how to write the way you are showing? 4) How much "ink" is needed for the pen? P.S. This was such a wonderful step-by-step video!!.