The HMJE series from 3 Oysters in inspired by Hunminjeongeum which in English, translates to the instruction of the people. It was a document describing and entirely new native script for the Korean language. It played an important role in the Korean language as previously, Chinese characters were used to record their words.

The purpose of its creation however was to create a script that could help common people who were illiterate in hanja(Chinese characters) to easily read and write Korean.

These 18ml bottles of ink come in a glass bottle in 4 standard colours designed to represnt the Hunminjeongeum.

Black(Hun): Teach

Cobalt(Min): People

Jade(Jeong): Correct

Scarlet(Eum): Sound

All inks are water-based and PH neutral making them perfect for writing, drawing or for your artwork.