A Taxidermied Genius - Wearingeul fountain pen ink

The Literature Inks of the Korean brand Wearingeul, or The Color of Literature Project, consists of different series of fountain pen inks in which the colors are inspired by the color moods of literary works.

The No.2 Yi Sang series expresses the mood of 5 poems written by Yi Sang.

The color of Taxidermied genius is a wine-violet color with a unique green sheen. Based on Yi sang's The Wing, it depicts the agony of the intellectual in Korea around 1900.

The color motif and feel of words in poems is illustrated in the inks. The series No.2 Yi Sang consists of 5 ink colors: 'Soyoungwije', 'A taxidermied Genius', '13 children', 'Me in the Mirror', 'Architecture infinite cube'.