u/jas1900

Love seeing all the old machines being restored. I have nowhere near the patience or the aptitude to undertake anything like that but am happy that many of you do. In the meantime I recently replaced my 15yo ECM machine with this gorgeous piece of art.

This one has served me well.

Thinking about migrating from the standard brown to the Tokyo station edition. Brown has been in daily use for about 8-9 years. Thoughts?

It arrived today. A4 in Natural leather. First pic out of the box. Embossed. Conditioned. Filled.

Leather is very soft. Softer than I imagined - that's not a bad thing. Very beautiful. Can't wait to start using it in anger.

I have this image of a notebook - good quality paper, plain or dot grid. It is at least 2cm thick - so probably over 200 pages. It is at least A4 in size. Lays flat when you open it. And has a soft cover. it's the home for my notes, sketches, ideas everything. Takes fountain pen and marker. This is the closest I can find but I think it may be a tad too small

https://nuuna.com/notebook-graphic-l-work-in-progress

It lands with a thud when I drop it on the desk. It will get beaten up as I use it.

Any ideas? Thanks!!

Hi all - just replaced my ECM Technika with la Pavoni Diamantina. Beautiful machine. I have one problem which i think is more perception than actual. The portafilters that came with the Pavoni are just not great and I feel like the group head and portafilter spout is higher from the cup than I am used to. Does anyone know of a good quality portafilter that lowers the spout closer to the cup? I am struggling to find one. Or you may have some other advice. As I write this it sounds stupid LOL. Thanks!

More practice one a rainy day.

Hong Kong - not that you'd know 😅

Nice to be back on the brushes. Practicing bits of a scene that I want to hopefully feel like it's good enough to frame. Loose.Wet. Venice. If I could just get my verticals vertical 😅

I've taken a break for about a year and just getting back to painting. Feels good.

Love them when they get a bit smashed up - special appearance from the Zunto siganture.