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About Us and our Sustainable Approach.

Posted by James Garlick on

Pink Pig was created in 1992, by Nick Wilson.  Our Managing Director, understood the importance of high quality paper and the needs of artists and art students from his background in art, design and print-making.  His plan; to provide vast choice, colours to reflect an artist’s personality, the best quality papers at affordable prices and all with a quirky brand to boot! Our brand emerged from a day trip to the Yorkshire Dales, one simple design, drawn by hand for a print makers business card, a Pig created in 1982. Nick and our team still hold the same vision, 29...

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International Seller!

Posted by James Garlick on

International Seller!

I spend a lot of time and the precious little brain cells I have left, trying to push our pigs in to new markets.  Recently focusing on Europe and ways to appeal to our friends across the water.  Immersing myself in articles about the 'Dos & Don'ts' I find that a lot can be learned from the socioeconomic factors of a particular country.  As an example: citizens of particular countries that don't like to use credit cards or trust online payment portal's. However, there's one type of customer that fancy marketing techniques don't necessarily work on. These are the 'they looked lovely,...

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Now Accepting: Pay with Amazon

Posted by Tom Wilford on

  Pay with Amazon makes shopping on our website even easier by allowing you to speed through checkout using the account information already stored in your Amazon account to pay on our site. Simply choose from the payment and delivery information stored in your Amazon account. This means you can pay on our website without entering your payment and address details. Pay with Amazon helps you to shop quickly, safely, and securely.

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Navigation Improvements

Posted by Tom Wilford on

It's now infinitely times easier to find a sketchbook on our website. Simply start your search by choosing an option at the top of our website, and then refine your search by categories like cover type, paper type and size.

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Artist's Bundle - 3 sketchbooks at 25% off

Posted by Cairan Tedder on

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