🖼️There are millions of types of ink pads, square and round, matte and shiny, all kinds of different colors and formulas, but none of them are your favorite? Well, have you ever thought that one day you too can have an ink pad that you personally blend? At Japan's largest stationery festival, "Women's Stationery Expo" in 2022, shachihata's DIY ink pad set gained a lot of attention.
As a long-established stationery factory in Japan, shachihata's stamps are one of its most famous and popular stationery items. However, today's product differs from its previous finished ink pads in that it consists of a blank ink pad, three bottles of different colored inks, and a stamp. When I saw the blank ink pad, I knew it was a DIY set.🖌️
Unlike the previous ink pads, which were mostly uniform, the few innovative models and colors only represented the manufacturer's ideas and were usually full of commercial considerations and could not be unique. This blank ink pad is different, you can use the ink in the package to make a unique color scheme and gradient effect on the blank ink pad according to your own preferences and ideas. As for the pattern, it can be polka dots, it can be stripes, you can even create a painting on the blank ink pad! Anything is possible if you want it to be❣️
🔖As the interviewee in the exhibition said, although the set of ink pads and stamps are rarely used in life nowadays, creating your own unique ink pad is still a thing of happiness for someone who loves handwriting and creativity. I think it's not just the process of coloring the ink pads, but also the heart we want to express! I think it is also a kind of happiness.
This ink pad is a stage for creators! And all you need to do is to enjoy it!
