Kuretake Natural Ink Stone SEIRAN for Calligraphy Ink Stick, Palette, Indian Ink, Lettering Art, Japanese Traditional Calligraphy and Painting, Professional Quality

Make no mistakes, Kuretake delivers quality sumi-e watercolors and brushes as excellent prices. This ink stone is the same high quality of grown to expect.

This product does exactly what it is supposed to do, so I must give it 5 stars. I found that using an ink stick was much more tedious and time consuming than using ready-to-use ink, so I don’t really use this product very often. However I have to say this is not due to any problem with this product as it is very good and the cost-benefit ratio is excellent - I just say it here as a friendly warning to the casual calligraphy practitioner like myself who doesn’t want to spent so much time and effort gently grinding an ink stone. If you do, on the other hand, I’d definitely recommend this product.

This ink stone is of good quality, nice and heavy. It arrived on time and undamaged. I am very satisfied with the quality for price (beginners stone).

This was my first attempt at grinding ink. The ink quality is beautiful, the stone is a perfect size and smooth surface, the price was surprisingly affordable for the quality…. especially since it was essentially an art ”toy” for me. I was intrigued by the process and not disappointed with the product. I highly recommend if you have any interest in the art of Sumi e painting/calligraphy.

Great quality for price! If you're capable and artistic you can add custom design to it with dremel.

Good quality product. It does exactly what it says it does. Patience, meditation, art, and gratitude are inseparable. In this case, one will start by patiently meditating on the very concept of creating your own ink. As the process goes on, one develops a greater appreciation for the craftsmanship that has resulted in such product. Finally, one shall finish the work of art with raw emotions.

I have previously been pleased with Kuretake pan colors and other Japanese art supplies. However, these stones discolored all the colored ink sticks I ground on them and would only be initially suitable for black ink sticks. I have tried to wash them several times but they still shed gray color which is bad when using light yellows and greens. I think they will eventually be okay with use and continued cleaning only using the grinding stone always for the same color ink sticks. It is difficult to find quality ink sticks and grinding stones.

Pulls the ink from the stone, Well is deep enough to hold a days Ink.. Beautiful slate. High quality product