For our various groups, especially online, we recommend having suitable materials. There are always options depending on the creative group – please ask us if you are unsure what you need for one of our groups. Some of the items we may have stock of, and can sell to our participants.
We have included links below to shops selling each item, please note we can’t be sure of the quality of items from any shops (as we buy most of our own stock wholesale), the links given are to give you an idea what you need and to help you find something.
For Shodo calligraphy, Shakyo Sutra Tracing and Tenkoku stamp seal engraving groups, if you don’t have the traditional materials, you can still take part with some basic alternatives, any questions please just ask us 🙂
Shodo
For the most basic kit you will need: 10, 6
Item Recommended Link Stocked by D+P Studio 1 Ofude brush recommended Standard qualityLarge Japanese Calligraphy Brush 2 alternative to 1 Higher quality fude, Akashiya size 4 Japanese Chinese Calligraphy Fude Thick Brush Shodo Akashiya Kanji Japan PL-125 3 Sumi ink recommended Black Japanese Calligraphy Sumi Ink 4 alternative to 3 Yasutomo Bokuju Liquid Sumi Ink 6 Oz Ky6 5 White Japanese Calligraphy Rice Paper (alternative for practice – thin cartridge or print paper) recommended White Japanese Calligraphy Rice Paper 6 A4 print paper alternative to 5 AmazonBasics Multipurpose Copy Paper A4 80gsm, 1 Ream, 500 Sheets, White 7 Suzuri inkdish – ceramic (alternative – flower palette below) recommended Black Japanese Calligraphy Ink Dish 8 inkdish – flower palette alternative to 7 Palette, white plastic, 17.5cm diameter approx., flower shaped 9 Bunchin paperweight (or alternative such as pebble) recommended Homyl 1 Pair Black Wooden Chinese Brush Paintig Writing Paperweight Calligraphy Ruler Tools 10 Fudepen – medium (alternatives – pens or pencil) alternative to 1 and 3 Pentel Fude Brush Pen, Medium (XFL2L ) 11 Shitajiki underlay mat recommended Japanese Calligraphy Underlay Mat, Standard Size, 36cm x 27cm, Black 12 Reusable magic water cloth paper alternative to 3 and 5 Reusable Chinese Magic Cloth Water Paper, 2Packs 1.5m Calligraphy Practice Paper Water Writing Book Notebook for Kids Beginners 13 Calligraphy Set alternative to 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Kuretake Zig Traditional Japanese Calligraphy Set Traditional Calligraphy Kit (Includes Bushes, Ink, Mat, Paperweight, Trays & More)
Shakyo
For the most basic kit you will need: 9 or a pen or pencil, 5
Tenkoku /hanko stamp seal engraving
For the most BASIC STONE CARVING KIT you will need: 7, 12, 16, 19, 20
Traditional materials:
Item Recommended Link Stocked by D+P Studio 1 Fudepen – medium (alternatives – pens or pencil) recommended Pentel Fude Brush Pen, Medium (XFL2L) 2 Small brush (or any small round headed brush, or use fudepen) recommended Youliy Chinese Brush, Wolf Hair Calligraphy Painting Brushes for Small Regular Script 3 alternative to 2 Royal & Langnickel : Dark Blue Handle : Taklon Hair Brush : Round : Size 3 4 Sumi ink(alternative – fudepen) recommended Black Japanese Calligraphy Sumi Ink 5 alternative to 4 Yasutomo Bokuju Liquid Sumi Ink 6 Oz Ky6 6 Suzuri inkdish – ceramic recommended Black Japanese Calligraphy Ink Dish 7 Qingtian stone (青田石) 1.5cm width (alternative : keshigomu method – eraser) recommended Fenteer 3 Pieces Natural Qingtian Stone Material DIY Handmade Carving for Paint Art Supplies,Own Yourself Stone Stamps 15 x 15 x 50 mm 8 Red seal paste – Indei Higher quality (alternative – basic below) recommended Easyou Shanghai Xiling Ink Paste Chinese Seal Red Ink Pad 30g(1.06oz) Cinnabar Jingmian Zhusha 9 alternative to 8 Red seal paste in porcelain dish 10 alternative to 8 Seal Paste 11 Basic quality for checking stamp design alternative to 8 Calligraphy Stamp Seal Painting Red Ink Paste Chinese Yinni Pad 36g 12 Easy stamp pad for checking design easy to order online, alternative to 8 COLOP Micro 2 Stamp Pad – Red | 109672 | Rubber Stamp Ink Pad – 110x70mm 13 Seal carving holder – Insho recommended Fauge Adjustable Carving Clamp for Stone,Wood Carving Tools for Chinese Traditional Seal Stone SND Seal Engraving 14 White Japanese Calligraphy Rice Paper (alternative for practice – thin cartridge or print paper) recommended White Japanese Calligraphy Rice Paper 15 A4 cartridge paper (alternative: print paper below) recommended Canson 1557 – A4 pad Including 50 Sheets of 120gsm White Cartridge Drawing Paper 16 A4 print paper alternative to 13 and 14 AmazonBasics Multipurpose Copy Paper A4 80gsm, 1 Ream, 500 Sheets, White 17 Orange pen recommended POSCA PC-5M by Uni-Ball – Orange 18 Tracing paper recommended Clairefontaine Goldline Tracing Paper Pack, A4, 25 Sheets 19 Pencil recommended STAEDTLER Tradition Pencils, School, Drawing, Sketching – 2B – Pack of 6 20 Cutters (alternative for Keshigomu method – craft knife) recommended 2/4/8mm Hard Alloy Tungsten Steel Seal Carving Knife Seal Burin Seal Graver Seal Cutter / – 0021 Orientalartmaterial Calligraphy Supply 21 Set alternative to 19 DBTXWD 18pcs Manganese Steel Chisel Stone Carving Knife Set, Artist Hand Tools for Engraving Stone Lettering with Storage Bag 22 Bunchin paperweight (or alternative such as pebble) recommended Homyl 1 Pair Black Wooden Chinese Brush Paintig Writing Paperweight Calligraphy Ruler Tools
For the most BASIC KIT FOR KESHIGOMU ERASER METHOD you will need: 1, 2, 5, 8, 10
Alternative method – Keshigomu:
Item Recommended Link Stocked by D+P Studio 1 Eraser (for Keshigomu method) 1.5cm width recommended Staedtler Mars Plastic Eraser – White, Pack of 2 2 Craft Knife (or box cutter) recommended Olfa ARA-1 3 Linoleum cutter recommended Essdee 10 Lino Cutters and Handle Set (Lino Cutters Styles 1 to 10) 4 Tracing paper recommended Clairefontaine Goldline Tracing Paper Pack, A4, 25 Sheets 5 Pencil recommended STAEDTLER Tradition Pencils, School, Drawing, Sketching – 2B – Pack of 6 6 Fudepen – medium (alternatives – pens or pencil) recommended Pentel Fude Brush Pen, Medium (XFL2L) 7 Indei ink – Basic quality for checking stamp design recommended Calligraphy Stamp Seal Painting Red Ink Paste Chinese Yinni Pad 36g 8 Easy stamp pad for checking design easy to order online, alternative to 7 COLOP Micro 2 Stamp Pad – Red | 109672 | Rubber Stamp Ink Pad – 110x70mm 9 A4 cartridge paper (alternative: print paper below) recommended Canson 1557 – A4 pad Including 50 Sheets of 120gsm White Cartridge Drawing Paper 10 A4 print paper alternative to 8 AmazonBasics Multipurpose Copy Paper A4 80gsm, 1 Ream, 500 Sheets, White 11 Orange pen recommended POSCA PC-5M by Uni-Ball – Orange
