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Step 8-1/2 A month later toddler and I actually found time to experiment a bit with the ink.

We (tbh, this has not been a fully 50/50 partnership..) unfortunately didn't have a fountain pen to play with so made stamps.

One from mushrooms, one from an #oak #gall and one birch leaf. We also used a pencil.

Results are interesting. With some fine tuning we got a VERY black, black. I suspect it might be extremely corrosive to the paper. We'll see. Looks super pretty and stains well.

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Step 7. One week later

Toddler and I just filtered the somewhat "fermented" ink-paste through a bit of cheese cloth.

This wasn't the most efficient process. Toddler helped.

We ended up with about 12 ml of ink. Looking at it it appears to have a good consistency and a nice deep black tone.

We'll try it out on some paper at a later time.

Notes for next time

-don't leave the metal cutlery standing in the paste for a week (as it's now etched..).

-grind the galls down much more

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Step 6. Extra info:

To be clear: this is about the most simple recipe that still creates viable ink. It requires late filtering, which is burdensome. Next time I'll boil out the oak tannins first.

Old books often refer to iron(II)sulfate as coppera or green vitra.

Together with the tannins from the oak galls the iron(II)sulfate creates a solution that when dried oxidises in black iron(III).

The gum arabic is a binder making it a nicer ink to write with. Doesn't do much once dry.

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Step 6. Wait a week or so. Stir every day.

Next week we'll add some water and then filter the ink.

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Step 5. Mix in the water. Stir it all down. This is a very satisfying step (especially when your jar is larger..).

Little video:

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Well. Time flies.. Anyway. Over a year later the #oak #galls dried nicely so the little Hobbit and I started the #ink making process.

First the ingredients. We're using a simple recipe and I base it on using 10 grams of galls.

1 - 4 grams of Iron(II) sulfate
2 - 4 grams of Gum arabic
3 - 30ml of water (from our well, boiled, no chemicals)
4 - 10grams of oak gall

#FunWithBalls #InkMaking

Well. Time flies.. Anyway. Over a year later the #oak #galls dried nicely so the little Hobbit and I started the #ink making process.

First the ingredients. We're using a simple recipe and I base it on using 10 grams of galls.

1 - 4 grams of Iron(II) sulfate
2 - 4 grams of Gum arabic
3 - 30ml of water (from our well, boiled, no chemicals)
4 - 10grams of oak gall

#FunWithBalls #InkMaking

Well. Time flies.. Anyway. Over a year later the #oak #galls dried nicely so the little Hobbit and I started the #ink making process.

First the ingredients. We're using a simple recipe and I base it on using 10 grams of galls.

1 - 4 grams of Iron(II) sulfate
2 - 4 grams of Gum arabic
3 - 30ml of water (from our well, boiled, no chemicals)
4 - 10grams of oak gall

#FunWithBalls #InkMaking

Well. Time flies.. Anyway. Over a year later the #oak #galls dried nicely so the little Hobbit and I started the #ink making process.

First the ingredients. We're using a simple recipe and I base it on using 10 grams of galls.

1 - 4 grams of Iron(II) sulfate
2 - 4 grams of Gum arabic
3 - 30ml of water (from our well, boiled, no chemicals)
4 - 10grams of oak gall

#FunWithBalls #InkMaking

Well. Time flies.. Anyway. Over a year later the #oak #galls dried nicely so the little Hobbit and I started the #ink making process.

First the ingredients. We're using a simple recipe and I base it on using 10 grams of galls.

1 - 4 grams of Iron(II) sulfate
2 - 4 grams of Gum arabic
3 - 30ml of water (from our well, boiled, no chemicals)
4 - 10grams of oak gall

#FunWithBalls #InkMaking

@colinpurrington I didn't know there was a Gall Week! That's so cool. Turns out I took pictures of galls anyway but it hadn't occured to me to put them on inaturalist. Thanks!

This might be of interest to #ink / #InkMaking and #dye / #NaturalDye people-- lots of us are out looking for galls this time of year for tannin reasons.

#NewWestminster #Vancouver #YVR folks 👇

#InkMaking w/ natural resources #CreativeArt #workshop Faciliated by #InvasiveArt Initiative.

You will #learn how to process and #create #ink from natural resources, and then have the opportunity to make some art with the ink. All supplies provided.

Pay What You Can tickets.
To make this workshop accessible, we offer three ticket options. Please select one of the options that works best for you.

Saturday, August 16 · 11am - 12:30pm
712C 12th Street, New Westminster.

https://www.invasiveartinitiative.ca/

The Initiative works to engage community members throughout what is currently known as the Lower Mainland of BC, delivering a series of workshops on Invasive Species-based #art supplies and other useable materials in collaboration with non-for-profits and local volunteer groups.The traveling project was established in late 2021, aiming for ethical and reciprocal engagements within the often-destructive practices of invasive removal, offering use for the materiality of the plants that would otherwise go to waste.Promoting dialogues on "environment", colonization and human exceptionalism, the project works with organizations in offering demonstrations and talks on re-contextualizing social imaginations in relationship with so-called Invasive Species.

Sign up:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ink-making-w-natural-resources-faciliated-by-invasive-art-initiative-tickets-1432471654279?=

#InvasiveSpecies #NatureArt #NaturalInk #NaturalMaterials #HandsOnLearning

Based on a thread that went madly viral on the bird site: The Quest for Cornflower Blue, just posted on #Caravanserai

https://open.substack.com/pub/majnouna/p/the-quest-for-cornflower-blue
#inkmaking #blue

Based on a thread that went madly viral on the bird site: The Quest for Cornflower Blue, just posted on #Caravanserai

https://open.substack.com/pub/majnouna/p/the-quest-for-cornflower-blue
#inkmaking #blue

Based on a thread that went madly viral on the bird site: The Quest for Cornflower Blue, just posted on #Caravanserai

https://open.substack.com/pub/majnouna/p/the-quest-for-cornflower-blue
#inkmaking #blue

Based on a thread that went madly viral on the bird site: The Quest for Cornflower Blue, just posted on #Caravanserai

https://open.substack.com/pub/majnouna/p/the-quest-for-cornflower-blue
#inkmaking #blue

Based on a thread that went madly viral on the bird site: The Quest for Cornflower Blue, just posted on #Caravanserai

https://open.substack.com/pub/majnouna/p/the-quest-for-cornflower-blue
#inkmaking #blue

Hello from Sheffield, where I'll be giving a talk and demo on translating medieval Arabic ink recipes tomorrow... On a related subject, I have added Inks and Pigments sample sheets to my shop, in a limited supply: http://majnouna.com/shop/supplies
Next week I'll be adding a few gift boxes of natural paints, which will be my last shop update of the year!
#inkmaking #medieval

Friends, my stock of these two books is running very low and it will be a month or two before I can re-print. If you wanted either before the end of the year, I recommend buying now so you're not caught out when they go temporarily out of print. Available here: majnouna.com/shop/books/

#inkmaking #medieval

Later this month I'll be doing a demo at the University of Sheffield that can also be attended online:

"We are thrilled that Joumana Medlej - artist, author, and educator - will join us for a demonstration of ink-making based on traditional recipes.... The demo/talk will focus on the challenges that come up in the process of translation and how actually making the inks can help to understand and translate the texts."

Sign up for free: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decoding-recipes-online-demonstration-from-joumana-medlej-tickets-717174266537

#inkmaking #IslamicArt

I made walnut ink today. You can find a short film about the process on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvNDl4xNoBs/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)

#MastoArt #ink #inkmaking

Today's #Caravanserail post is a light forage (ha) into two colours gathered on the go. And seal pups. SEAL PUPS.

Petals & Clay:
https://majnouna.substack.com/p/iris-and-clay

#inkmaking #NaturalMaterials

Inks for Magic & Talismans part 3 of 4 (Shades of Gold) is now up on Substack:

https://majnouna.substack.com/p/inks-for-magic-and-talismans-part-e57

#inkmaking #ink #astrology #medievodon #islamic

The saga continues: Inks for Magic and Talismans part 2 – so many reds...

#inkmaking #medievodon #Caravanserai

https://majnouna.substack.com/p/inks-for-magic-and-talismans-part-ed2?sd=pf