This is the Diamine Inkvent 2024 day 1 door:

Day 1’s ink is Diamine Baltic Breeze a shimmer periwinkle blue ink:

The sample came out a bit rough because I tried to use a dip pen for the first few lines of writing.

Diamine Baltic Breeze is a gorgeous dusty, purplish blue in with a good amount of shading and a copper shimmer that really makes the ink come to life. This is a wet ink that will sheen if used in wide nibs.

On the Rhodia there was some feathering and a lot of show through and bleed through, but as I was using a wide 1.1 Monteverde nib, this is to be expected. On the Midori paper there was still some feathering, but you can also see the richness and depth of this ink.

Here’s a closeup on the shading, shimmer and sheen of this ink, and you can also see where it feathered a bit.

And here is the bear that I sketched, Topaz, made by Dean’s Bears and bought in York.

Diamine Baltic Breeze is a gorgeous ink that doesn’t score high on the practicality side. It’s a wet ink that is pretty saturated, so it takes a while to dry, and the shimmer, feathering and bleeding doesn’t help it in the every day use department. I won’t be getting a bottle of this, but I think that it’s a great ink for the calendar, as it fits thematically and is an attractive ink. Sometimes a sample is all that you need to enjoy an ink.

What do you think of Diamine Baltic Breeze? Do you see yourself buying a bottle?