Van Dieman's Ink

Van Dieman's Ink

Their Team

Van Dieman’s Ink is run by Peter and Belinda, a husband-and-wife team living just outside Hobart, Tasmania, with their two children, two dogs, and an ever-growing number of cats. Before ink became their full-time work, Peter was a teacher and Belinda a nurse.

Tasmania, where Peter and Belinda live and work, was the inspiration for their earliest inks and remains a constant influence on everything they create.

Our Team

Their Story

The business began quite accidentally, sparked by a fountain pen given as a Christmas gift and a simple curiosity about whether they could make their own ink.

Belinda’s background in chemistry gave them a starting point, and together this husband-and-wife duo began developing a small family formula at home. What started as an experiment quickly became a passion, and then, unexpectedly, a livelihood. As interest grew, so did their commitment to refining the inks and turning Van Dieman’s into our occupation.

Our Story

"We still hand-mix and bottle our inks in small batches in Tasmania, which means slight variations can occur from run to run, something our customers have come to love."

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Top Seller

Azure Kingfisher

Our first and consistently best selling - an Azure Blue with our proprietary Gold Shimmer.

Azure Kingfisher
#1 Best Seller