Ink making

Home Made Ink From Nature: Perfect Purples: Perhaps you value knowing a little about the provenance of your food, consumer goods, etc. - if so, have you ever pondered over the origin of the colouring of your clothes, or perhaps how paints are made for creating art? I first got into making dy…

Learn how to make natural plant-based watercolor paint for children. Step-by-step process and fun activity for the whole family.

Ink Making Process is so simple! Shaggy Mane Ink Caps are beautiful mushrooms that dissolve into ink that you can write or paint with. Pictures of Inky Caps

Acorn ink, derived from the mighty oak tree, can be a wonderful addition to your druid practice or art studio. Inks can be used for all manner of useful things, from drawing and artwork to the creation of sigils, writing in a druid's journal, or engaging in other magical work. In this post, I'll share

Have you ever wondered how ink was first made? How did the ancient civilizations make those beautiful colored inks? What were the pigments and dyes used in making inks? Many of the colorful dyes that were used by ancient civilizations came all from the natural world. These early pioneers created ink using fine carbon particles and natural pigments combined with plant gum to acts as a binding agent. Inks have a large impact on our lives! It is essentially a fluid substance containing a…

Making your own ink is a lot of fun. Plus, natural ink made from tea and other simple ingredients can be more environmentally-safe than other ink products you may buy. Using black tea, water, gum Arabic or cornstarch, and an optional...

How to Make, Bottle and Label Your Own DIY Black Walnut Ink. Collect those walnuts in the yard and save them to make homemade ink.

Guide for using various paint binders with Natural Earth Paint

Even if you're confined to your own backyard, hundreds of colours are waiting to be bottled.

Tattoo ink can be made using soot as the coloring agent. This method is commonly-used in prisons and other places where there isn't access to regular ink. Create ink by capturing the soot of a burning substance and mixing it with a few other ingredients.