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March 2025

3/18/2025

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Maxx here to tell you all about what we included in the March subscription boxes. Here's a pre-packed Deluxe box in the photo above. The biggest development is that someone let me order half-size (10mL) jars for the ink. I wanted to start making sets for the ink and using the 20mL jars felt too large. 
March's box includes THREE of the sets! I'm sure you can tell I'm really loving making them. 
Douglas-fir Set is a subscription box early release and won't be in the shop until later this month. It includes two sparkly inks - a deep green and a medium brown - that instantly reminded me of a Douglas-fir. Pseudotsuga menziesii is a pretty impressive tree, with only the Redwoods growing taller. 
Brewer's favorites Banana Slug, Dahlia & Blood Orange. Like Salish in last month's box, these three expand the line of inks with a modified formula. What do I love about them? They don't lose saturation as quickly as the other inks. This set also comes with a little journal that I block printed, it reads "Make Art, Tell Stories, Change the World, Live Forever". The plan is to have this set of inks rotate out monthly. 
False Spring It happens every year, right? We get a few days of bright sun and warm weather and forget what spring is actually like in the Pacific NW. This set includes Sky Puddle, Secret Moss & En Nui. I feel like these are my three moods of March and hopefully you'll enjoy them too. Also, did I made a set without sparkles? Yes, I did. 
Rail Spike Sometimes we find a jar on a shelf and go "Oh, I think there was one jar left of ------" but then we swatch it and get a mystery ink. These are usually drawing inks since they are harder to identify exactly what is in them. Rail Spike is a drawing ink that we thought might be half a dozen other colors but proved to be a limited jar all its own. 
​Silver Half Pan! Just a silver watercolor, but it's new for us. And it looks great. 
Block Printed Books When we saw these square blank books, we thought they'd be perfect for some of our block prints. You'll find a variety of them in the shop and one of them in your box if you're a Delux Subscriber. 

I hope you enjoy this nearly-spring collection of art materials. We're looking forward to making even more treats for you in the next month!
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February 2025

2/25/2025

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This season had me feeling really wet and also missing my morning rides out to Golden Gardens. These were the inspirations behind the Salish Sea set. This is included in the Deluxe boxes. Each set includes Salish fountain pen ink and three watercolors - Giant Pacific Octopus, Otter & Seal. 
The set also includes line drawings of the three animals by my incredibly skilled co-workers, Kaylyn Chileen and Mx. Morgan. 
The drawings are on Mixed Media paper so you can use paint, ink or other coloring media like colored pencils or markers. 
The Salish fountain pen ink is included in the Ink and Deluxe boxes. I went into this ink with two goals - make an Ultramarine-like blue, and try to get a sheen. It took longer than expected and my hands are still a little blue, but I love the result. If you're writing with this or just doing line work, it's a lovely royal blue. But if you lay the color on thick with a brush, you get complex sheening and lot of sparkle. I'm really excited to explore this more and you can bet there will be more inks with sheen soon.
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The watercolors are included in the Deluxe and Paint boxes. It started with Seal. I was actually trying to recreate an old color that doesn't have a formula record, Wet Sand. If you were lucky enough to get one of the few caps of this color, you'll understand why I've been trying to recreate it since. The color was inspired by the Golden Gardens beach and had a blue with a sparkly brown. I could tell that my experiment wasn't going in the right direction, but the color was reminding me of something else - seals! After that, Otter was easy. I was stuck on the last animal to include until I remembered that I had a fluorescent orange pigment that I hadn't used. I instantly thought of the Giant Pacific Octopus. And so the trio of new watercolors was done. 
The rest of the Inks from the Ink Box!

Nuke Mutant is a special request from Push/Pull partner and my spouse, Seth Goodkind. I asked if he had any color requests and he said neon yellow and call it 'Nuke Mutant'. Request fulfilled. What the photo doesn't capture well is the deeper orange that this color gets when layered on thickly. It also has a subtle greenish sparkle. 
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Shamrock! 
Every year I do a new green in March for St. Patrick's Day and I decided to add a green ink to the tradition. I haven't made a decision yet on whether this will stick around post-spring equinox. 
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All Colors Are Beautiful!

What happens to the last little bit of ink that doesn't get bottled? We put it in a jar labeled 'ACAB' (for All Colors are Beautiful, obviously). This jar used to fill up slowly and I'd have enough ink for a few bottles every month. But as ink sales have gone up, this jar gets full quickly. I decided we should bottle up this every-changing mystery color for everyone to enjoy. The bathces are labeled so you won't accidentally buy one you already have. This first batch is so beautiful, I wish it could be around forever! This color doesn't get swatched on the labels, so you'll just have to trust us that All colors are beautiful. 
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Bonus Ink Stone from the past. An underappreciated color that I love using - Brimsone. This is a very vibrant yellow. I use it in my pieces when I want it to look like there is bright sunlight. 

That's it for Feburary's box. I hope you enjoy it and will sign up again for March & beyong!

​Maxx Follis-Goodkind
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January 2025

1/20/2025

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New Year - New Subscription boxes. Here's everything that went in the boxes this month. Folks that selected the Ink or Watercolor Boxes will only receive the products in those categories.

From the top down.
Tempest (top) and Night Terror (second down) ink stones. It's been a while since we made ink stones, and these are a reminder of why, but also how beautiful of an art supply they create. Ink stones are a combination of dye and pigment. Unlike the paints we make, these take a minimum of one week to cure. To use them, just get a wet brush or drop water into a small dish with the stone. Ink stones contain enough to create at least 8oz of ink. Both of these inks have some water resistance depending on what type of paper you use. You can use them with dip pens or brushes. They're great for travel since they don't count as a liquid!

Peppermint Mocha Drawing Ink. This is a rich brown drawing ink dedicated to our favorite winter indulgence. Shake gently before using. Use with dip pens & brushes.

Jazzy Fountain Pen Ink. Jazzy is named after Maxx's child, Jazz. They requested a fountain pen for the holidays and Maxx couldn't resist also making them an ink in their favorite color - sparkly lavender. Use in fountain pens or with dip pens or brushes.

Sweet-Art watercolor set. These round treats aren't candy, but they were inspired by it! This set that comes in a heart tin will be released in time for Valentine's day. It's our first Valentine set and we hope you enjoy it. The paints come in little paper cups. These have a waterproof lining. You can use them to hold a little water or as a mixing palette.

Burlesque, Fen & Casbah: Three new colors of Sticky Caps. These colors all came from asking the question "What if...?" Burlesque started with one of our brightest red pigments and was mellowed into a dusty rose filled with shine thanks for carefully selected mica. Fen took two of our standard pigments to create a moody deep teal. Casbah mixed standard pigments and micas to create a soft warm violet with silver shine.

To use any dry materials, run a wet brush along them or use a dropper to add water. When you've used all your paint, you can bring them back to Push/Pull where they'll get cleaned and turned into a future batch of Sticky Caps.
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