They were boiled for quite a long time, mixed with other stuff and eventually turned into a lovely brown ink, somewhat like walnut ink
We used the ink with brush and pen for art work rather than for handwriting.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Making Ink
A few years ago I took a workshop with Nancy Pobanz at Sitka Center in Oregon. We made ink from oak galls.
They were boiled for quite a long time, mixed with other stuff and eventually turned into a lovely brown ink, somewhat like walnut ink
We used the ink with brush and pen for art work rather than for handwriting.
They were boiled for quite a long time, mixed with other stuff and eventually turned into a lovely brown ink, somewhat like walnut inkWe used the ink with brush and pen for art work rather than for handwriting.
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