Wearingeul Wonderful Wizard of Oz Spell Book Ink Set: A Mixing Kit Worth Playing With

Introduction

Some ink sets ask you to be a chemist. This one asks you to be a little more playful than that. The Wearingeul Wonderful Wizard of Oz Spell Book set is not a single ink but a themed collection built around L. Frank Baum’s book, pairing four character-inspired inks with four complementary shimmers you add yourself.

Wearingeul is based in South Korea and is a relatively recent arrival on the Western ink market, offering a wide range of literary-themed inks. This Spell Book set is one of the more approachable takes on the mixing concept: rather than requiring precise blending of multiple inks, you simply combine each base color with a shimmer, in whatever ratio you like.

After spending real time with it, the verdict is simple: this is a set that rewards experimentation, and unlike some mixing kits, it is genuinely fun rather than fussy.

What’s in the Box

The set arrives in a nicely made box that looks like a book, which suits the theme. Inside, you get a small card explaining how everything works, four bottles of ink (around 60 ml each in the standard bottle format), and four vials of shimmer.

Each ink is themed to a character from the book, and the set is based on the novels rather than the famous film, which matters for one detail in particular: Dorothy’s shoes are silver in the books, not ruby slippers. The four pairings are Cowardly Lion with the golden “Brave” shimmer, Dorothy with “Silver Shoes,” Scarecrow with “Brain,” and the Tin Woodman with “Heart.” A small note for fellow pedants: “Tin Woodman” is the correct spelling, even though the Tin Man is a common alternative name. The little character figurines sometimes photographed alongside the set are not included; they came from a separate Wizard of Oz game.

How the Colors and Shimmers Work

The base inks are straightforward and attractive on their own. Dorothy is a dusty blue, Scarecrow is a brown with a bit of shading, Cowardly Lion is a warmer brown, and Tin Woodman is a grey. Each has a matched shimmer: silver for Dorothy, gold for the Lion, and a pinkish red “Heart” shimmer intended for the Tin Woodman.

The recommended ratio is one part shimmer to ten parts ink, and the set includes pipettes, which makes measuring far easier than improvising with your own tools. The ratio is only a starting point, though. Want more sparkle? Add more. Want it subtler? Use less. That flexibility is where this set earns its keep.

A few things worth knowing before you start mixing. First, you are not locked into the official pairings. Mixing Dorothy with the Heart shimmer produced the best combination of the whole experiment: a dusty blue with a pinkish red sheen over it that looked genuinely striking. Combining two shimmers in one ink also worked well without becoming excessive. Second, the shimmers can be added to inks outside this set entirely; adding Silver Shoes to another blue turned it into an instant shimmer ink.

One genuine quirk: shimmer on its own, without ink, does not set into the paper. It can be smeared around and ends up on your fingers. The ink is what binds the shimmer to the page, so the two components need each other.

Writing Performance and Paper Behavior

On 52 gsm Tomoe River paper, the set behaves well. Ghosting and bleed are relatively low, even with swab applications, shading lands in the medium-to-high range, sheen is low, and shimmer is high, depending of course on how much you add. Flow is medium and varies somewhat with shimmer load.

Drying times are quick: roughly 15 to 30 seconds for a fine nib and 10 to 15 seconds for a medium nib. Writing was tested across a fine stainless steel nib, a medium stainless steel nib, and a Pilot Custom Heritage 912 with a music nib, and the ink handled all of them comfortably.

A water test confirms the obvious: this is not a waterproof ink, and writing fades noticeably over time when wet. The chromatography, however, is a genuine bonus. Dorothy with Heart separates into lighter blues, yellows, lavenders, and darker blues, while Cowardly Lion with Brave and Silver Shoes breaks a “boring” brown into blues, yellows, oranges, pinks, and reds, with the shimmer staying behind at the base of the strip. If you enjoy ink chromatography as a hobby in itself, this set over-delivers.

Availability and Final Thoughts

This set is available from Papier Plume. The same source also offers matching wax seals, including a heart design and a fleur-de-lis pattern, which pair naturally with the literary, letter-writing spirit of the set. If you go that route, a small practical tip: let the metal seal cool before pressing, or it will stick to the wax. A cool stone or a freezer block helps if you are doing several in a row.

As for the ink set itself, it is fun to experiment with and produces some genuinely interesting inks. If you have tried elaborate mixing kits before and found them more work than enjoyment, this is the friendlier version of the idea: four good base colors, four shimmers, a pipette, and permission to play.

Conclusion

The Wearingeul Wonderful Wizard of Oz Spell Book set succeeds because it keeps mixing simple. The base inks are attractive, the shimmers are tasteful rather than overwhelming, and the freedom to ignore the official pairings is what makes it memorable. For anyone who wants literary theme, shimmer, and a bit of hands-on fun in one box, this set is an easy recommendation.