Customer Reviews

Chinese Calligraphy Starter Set with free Paper (SH-11 XL)

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I bought this set as a present for my little brother, and for the price expected it to be usable but not particularly nice. So I was surprised when he opened it and found that the chop paste container, brush stand, and water bowl are made of attractive porcelain, the chop stones have detailed carvings at the tops, and the ink stick has a beautiful dragon embossed around it. The brushes are a comfortable weight and have stiff bristles. He loves it!

I highly recommend this set for any beginning calligraphers, and as a gift.

If this is a gift for a child, it's OK at best. If you're truly interested in learning the art, do some research and spend a little more. The brushes and ink stick were cheap and the ink stone isn't the right shape inside the bowl, so ink cannot be made properly.
Check out: Takase Shodokai (Learn Japanese Calligraphy) for both the proper How-To, and the correct tools you will need.

I'm sure more professional calligraphy artests would think this set for little kids. But I am really impressed with it. It comes with four brushes, two chop stamps, an ink stick, a brush stand, an ink stone, a red ink container for chops, a water bowl, and a water spoon, all inside a really nice case. The set seems really authentic and delicate, and with the free rice paper you can make tons of pictures and kanji posters. It was a really great price even if you choose to just display it.

The supplies were all a beginner would need to begin chinese calligraphy. There were 4 brushes (animal hair), an ink stone with lid, a beautiful embossed ink stick, a lidded blue & white jar of cinnabar paste, 2 square ended carvable stamps made of stone, a small blue and white water bowl and tiny plastic spoon accompanied by two packs of rice paper sheets (20 per pack). I had priced the ink stone at an art supply (cheapest: $8.95) and inexpensive brushes ($5.00 each). Four brushes and an inkstone cost more than the cost of the set plus shipping altogether. The paper, carving stones, stamping paste, water bowl & spoon and paper were at no additional cost!

Well received, nicely packaged, and easily used. Colors are bright, brushes seem durable, not sure about carving her stamp.

This was a gift for my daughter & she was really excited to get it. I've read that the brushes were too small but she didn't seem to have any problems with it. It's a beautiful set.

I ordered this for a calligraphy class and chose this particular one because the stones looked especially nice with the design at the top. When it came in the mail the ink plate was broken along with the plastic tips of the brushes. Also, the seal stones were about half of the size represented in the picture and did not have any detailing on them at all. Another issue I had was that I paid expedited shipping and it took about a week to get to me even though they did not ship it from all that far away from where I live. It was a major disappointment and I can't use half the stuff since its either broken or too small for what we're doing in class.

We bought this set as a gift for our teenage daughter. We were very disappointed with the quality of the brushes, which broke immediately. The cover of small pot of red ink for the stamp had bonded to the base and we had to work with hot water and a blade to open it. The stamp is uncarved and there is no practical way to carve it unless you already own sculpting tools. The parts we did like include the pretty case, bar of black ink, and brush rest.