{"product_id":"van-diemans-pen-chalets-world-oceans-sextant-brass","title":"Van Dieman's \u0026 Pen Chalet's World Oceans - Arctic: Sextant Brass","description":"\u003ch2 data-end=\"279\" data-start=\"245\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"279\" data-start=\"248\"\u003eThe World Oceans Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"588\" data-start=\"281\"\u003eThe World Oceans Collection is a year-long collaboration between Van Dieman’s Ink and Pen Chalet, celebrating the vastness, diversity, and quiet power of the world’s oceans. Each release explores a single ocean or sea through colour, movement, and light, expressed in carefully formulated fountain pen inks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"885\" data-start=\"590\"\u003eDesigned as a cohesive series, the collection pairs a unified nautical box with distinctive bottle labels that allow each ink to speak for itself. Flowing currents, shifting depths, and reflective shimmer echo the way oceans move and change, from tranquil shallows to immense, unknowable depths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1015\" data-start=\"887\"\u003eEvery ink is handmade in Tasmania using distilled Tasmanian water, crafted to balance beauty with reliable everyday performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"1020\" data-start=\"1017\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"15\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eArctic Ocean\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"249\" data-start=\"17\"\u003eThe Arctic Ocean is a study in contrast. Silence and brilliance. Shadow and refracted light. Beneath drifting ice and polar night lies a world of shifting blues, frozen textures, and sudden flashes of sun at the edge of the horizon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"506\" data-start=\"251\"\u003eOur Arctic release captures that stark beauty through cool glacial tones, soft misted shading, and luminous shimmer that glints like light across sea ice. Calm, restrained, and quietly dramatic, these inks reflect the stillness and power of the far north.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"1324\" data-start=\"1321\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"23\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eArctic – Sextant Brass\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"86\" data-start=\"28\"\u003eNavigation once depended on metal, mathematics, and nerve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"453\" data-start=\"88\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArctic – Sextant Brass\u003c\/strong\u003e is inspired by the instruments that guided explorers through polar waters. The base is a rich burnished bronze, layered with warm copper and deep amber undertones, creating a tone that feels aged, mechanical, and resolute. In heavier application, darker russet shadows gather along pooled edges, echoing patina forming across weathered brass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"743\" data-start=\"455\"\u003eThe shimmer brings the metal to life. A dense gold particulate spreads across the page like polished instrumentation catching low Arctic light. In direct illumination it glows bright and molten. In shade it deepens to a muted, antique gleam reminiscent of well-handled navigational tools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1066\" data-start=\"745\"\u003eOn Tomoe River, the ink reveals complex tonal variation between honeyed bronze and deeper mahogany, with concentrated gold shimmer creating luminous highlights. Rhodia Dotgrid presents a smoother, more uniform copper field, where the metallic layer rests boldly on the surface and flashes with movement as the page turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1125\" data-start=\"1068\"\u003eWarm. Resolute. Elemental.\u003cbr data-end=\"1097\" data-start=\"1094\"\u003eAn instrument forged in ink.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Van Dieman's Ink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52011872649509,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0091\/2198\/8667\/files\/Product_Arctic_Sextant_Brass.png?v=1771539375","url":"https:\/\/www.vandiemansink.com\/products\/van-diemans-pen-chalets-world-oceans-sextant-brass","provider":"Van Dieman's Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}