Van Dieman's Natura Dualis - River Bank 40ml Ink Bottle

Discover the beauty of contrast with the Van Dieman’s Natura Dualis Ink Collection, a remarkable series of fountain pen inks inspired by the moments where nature’s opposites meet in perfect harmony. From sea and sky to light and shadow, each ink in the Natura Dualis range explores the delicate balance between two worlds, creating stunning colours that reveal hidden complexity with every stroke.

What makes the Natura Dualis collection truly unique is its dual and multi-shading performance. Carefully formulated to produce colour separation, highlighted edges, subtle halos, secondary tones, and beautiful chromatic variation, these inks transform ordinary writing into a dynamic visual experience. Depending on your nib, paper, and ink flow, each colour reveals new dimensions as it dries, making every page uniquely expressive.

Multi-Shading Fountain Pen Ink Inspired by Nature

The Natura Dualis collection celebrates the ever-changing beauty of the natural world through eight distinctive colours:

• Sea Spray – A delicate seafoam green with lavender-pink undertones and cool marine blue halos, inspired by ocean mist where sea meets sky.
• River Bank – A complex earthy umber that reveals aquatic blues, moss greens, muted violets, and soft pink tones, reflecting the tranquil meeting of water and land.
• HarvestTide – A warm golden ink with cool green halos and rosy highlights, capturing the transition from summer to autumn.
• Nightfall – A dusky violet that shades into indigo, lavender, and cool blue, evoking the peaceful arrival of evening.
• Underflow – A sophisticated sea-glass blue with mauve-violet undertones and teal halos, inspired by hidden ocean currents beneath the surface.
• Daybreak – A vibrant rose-pink that blooms with lavender shading and indigo rivering, reflecting the optimism of a new dawn.
• Overcast – A soft lavender-grey with shifting teal, blue, green, and rose tones, inspired by the subtle beauty of a cloud-filled sky.
• Last Light – A rich twilight violet with soft pink highlights and cool blue edges, capturing the final moments before nightfall.

Exceptional Shading and Colour Separation

Designed for fountain pen enthusiasts who appreciate expressive inks, Natura Dualis inks showcase remarkable shading characteristics on premium papers such as Tomoe River, Clairefontaine, and other fountain pen-friendly papers. Broad and wet nibs reveal dramatic colour transitions, while finer nibs maintain excellent readability with subtle tonal variation.

Whether you enjoy journaling, creative writing, sketching, calligraphy, or ink collecting, these inks offer a captivating writing experience that continues to evolve on the page.

Premium Australian Fountain Pen Ink

Van Dieman’s Ink is renowned for creating distinctive, high-quality fountain pen inks inspired by nature, history, and the landscapes of Australia. The Natura Dualis collection continues this tradition by combining reliable performance with extraordinary visual character.

Each 40ml bottle contains a carefully crafted ink designed to showcase the artistic possibilities of fountain pen writing while remaining practical for everyday use.

Key Features

• Premium fountain pen ink by Van Dieman’s Ink
• Natura Dualis collection inspired by harmony and contrast in nature
• Unique dual and multi-shading properties
• Creates halos, colour separation, rivering, and secondary tones
• Available in eight distinctive colours
• Excellent performance on high-quality fountain pen paper
• Ideal for journaling, correspondence, sketching, and creative writing
• 40ml glass ink bottle
• Suitable for all fountain pens

Why Choose Van Dieman’s Natura Dualis Ink?

The Van Dieman’s Natura Dualis 40ml Ink Collection offers far more than colour alone. Each ink captures a unique natural moment while revealing layers of shading, separation, and depth that bring your writing to life. For fountain pen enthusiasts seeking expressive, artistic inks with exceptional character, Natura Dualis delivers a truly captivating writing experience.

Van Dieman's Ink is Tasmania's only fountain pen ink company. They design, make, bottle, and label their inks by hand in micro-batch processes using at least 90% Australian Ingredients and Pure Tasmanian Mountain Spring Water.

All their dyes and ingredients are non-toxic, vegan, and environmentally friendly. Their fountain pen inks are unique in design and high in quality.

All inks are smooth flowing with little to no feather or bleedthrough, and a wide range of saturation and hue.

Van Dieman's has been making inks since 2016 that are suitable for all major brands of fountain pens, as well as dip pens and brushwork.