Tag: ink making
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Ink Making II: Carbon Black Ink Revisited
In the last ink-making post, I shared an experiment making carbon black ink – specifically with vine charcoal. The results were disappointing; the ink was pale, and struggled to flow evenly from a glass dip pen. This time I tried a couple different things. First, I doubled the amount of pigment in the ink, increasing…
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Ink Making I: Vine Black Ink
In the last post I discussed something of the theory of ink and ink making. Since then (while taking several weeks hiatus from new posts for the holiday season), I’ve started experimenting with ink making in actual practice. For a first attempt, I wanted to take a shot at preparing one of the oldest and…