Vietnamese calligraphy: the Hybrid Best of East and West. 1.0 Materials

Lesson 1: TOOLS

To write Vietnamese, you'll need the right tools: a pointed brush, intense black ink, and soft uncoated paper.

1. The brush should be made especially for Asian calligraphy: soft and pointed.  A reliable source: 
2. While you could grind your own ink by hand from a stick of pigment, bottled ink in a flat dish is fine for practice. A reliable source:
3. "Rice paper" is actually made from mulberry fibers, and is sometimes labeled Sumi.  A reliable source:

The history behind these tools is explored pp 64-67 in my book Learn World Calligraphy. 
  

Left: Brush strokes form alphabet letters.