Thank you for this awesome video! My studio partner and I have tested many of the same inks as you in video. Until now, Cranfield, Adana and Gerstaecker Buchdurckfarbe in Gold were the best regarding the opacity and color. If you are somewhere in Europe/UK - Adana and Gerstaecker are just as good as Cranfield, you can barely tell the difference! But I woudn't call their gold "gold", it's more warm/copper leaning. The last weeks we have tried the Hawthorn Printmakers one in Light Gold and it is amazing! It is less warm, more green/yellow (but still quite warm) and as opaque as the other ones I mentioned. Hawthorn "Medium Gold" is comparable to the Cranfield/Adana/Gerstaecker Gold - "Deep Gold" is like Cranfield/Adana Copper. I would recommend a fine scale to weigh the ratio of the two Hawthorn mixing bases, as the gold pigment is much heavier than the medium, or an approximate 1:2 ratio as you did. We haven't tried the Hawthorn copper and bronze jet - and they also have shimmering green, blue and purple hues! We are so curious about those colors and will definitely try them out. If someone knows a more cool yellow bright opaque gold oil based ink, share it!
Very helpful! Would you be able to share the drying time for these inks? I'm figuring out which ink would be the best for my household with cats that can and will get their fur on anything 🙃
Super thorough investigation of all things gold relief inks. Not boring at all, perfect amount of time for each ink. A classmate of mine was recently on a hunt for gold ink, so I forwarded to her & I'm sure she'll enjoy it. Thanks for your hard work.
I‘m really glad to have stumbled on your video by accident. I‘m looking for a decent gold ink for a while now and considered buying the akua ink. But now I don‘t. I usually use Schmincke inks for all my prints because a) I like them very much b) they‘re from Germany and therefore it‘s a local brand for me and c) I just like waterbased inks. I mix the metallics with a bit of extender so they do not dry too fast.
I’ve been looking for a gold ink for months and after watching this video I have ordered the Hawthorn as I’m in the UK anyway, brilliant review well done and thank you
Thank you so much. I'm in the UK so defo going to try out the hawthorns inks. Tried to essdee but it's not pigmented enough for darker or jewl toned paper. This has been really helpful. 😊
Thanks for the video - it's saved me some money. I've been using Cranfield and it's excellent, but I was hoping for a quicker drying one. The water-based ones I've tried are a bit rubbish though and I was about to buy Schminke before I did a RUclips search. I guess I'll be sticking with Cranfield!
Auf dem RUclips Kanal von Aqua wird erklärt, dass Gold immer mit Realise Agent überrollt wird und dann nach ein paar Minuten gedruckt wird. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland,Ulrike 😊
Thank you for this awesome video!
My studio partner and I have tested many of the same inks as you in video.
Until now, Cranfield, Adana and Gerstaecker Buchdurckfarbe in Gold were the best regarding the opacity and color. If you are somewhere in Europe/UK - Adana and Gerstaecker are just as good as Cranfield, you can barely tell the difference! But I woudn't call their gold "gold", it's more warm/copper leaning.
The last weeks we have tried the Hawthorn Printmakers one in Light Gold and it is amazing! It is less warm, more green/yellow (but still quite warm) and as opaque as the other ones I mentioned.
Hawthorn "Medium Gold" is comparable to the Cranfield/Adana/Gerstaecker Gold - "Deep Gold" is like Cranfield/Adana Copper.
I would recommend a fine scale to weigh the ratio of the two Hawthorn mixing bases, as the gold pigment is much heavier than the medium, or an approximate 1:2 ratio as you did.
We haven't tried the Hawthorn copper and bronze jet - and they also have shimmering green, blue and purple hues! We are so curious about those colors and will definitely try them out.
If someone knows a more cool yellow bright opaque gold oil based ink, share it!
Very helpful! Would you be able to share the drying time for these inks? I'm figuring out which ink would be the best for my household with cats that can and will get their fur on anything 🙃
You forgot the most important gold ink: your friendship 💛
Super thorough investigation of all things gold relief inks. Not boring at all, perfect amount of time for each ink. A classmate of mine was recently on a hunt for gold ink, so I forwarded to her & I'm sure she'll enjoy it. Thanks for your hard work.
The schmincke RUclips video voiceover near the end LOOL
I pronounced it Shmike's the whole recording so I had to fix it in editing oops
I‘m really glad to have stumbled on your video by accident. I‘m looking for a decent gold ink for a while now and considered buying the akua ink. But now I don‘t. I usually use Schmincke inks for all my prints because a) I like them very much b) they‘re from Germany and therefore it‘s a local brand for me and c) I just like waterbased inks. I mix the metallics with a bit of extender so they do not dry too fast.
I’ve been looking for a gold ink for months and after watching this video I have ordered the Hawthorn as I’m in the UK anyway, brilliant review well done and thank you
What an amazing test! Thank you for your totally honest review and the great filming. A real pro job 💯
this video is pure gold!
Thank you so much for this comparison :)
You did a very good work there and helped me a lot !
it was an honor to see your dogs 🙏🏼
I really enjoyed this video. It was clear, concise and thorough. You also have a really nice manner of presenting. Really useful information.
Thank you so much. I'm in the UK so defo going to try out the hawthorns inks. Tried to essdee but it's not pigmented enough for darker or jewl toned paper. This has been really helpful. 😊
This was a very thorough and fair comparison. Thank you so very much!
I'm glad I took time out of my busy day to watch this. Very thorough testing and so very satisfying to watch.
Useful video 👍🏻 Thanks 🙂
Thanks for the video - it's saved me some money. I've been using Cranfield and it's excellent, but I was hoping for a quicker drying one. The water-based ones I've tried are a bit rubbish though and I was about to buy Schminke before I did a RUclips search. I guess I'll be sticking with Cranfield!
Rest easy knowing you've got the good stuff!
This is so helpful
aww, that’s truly geeky stuff, thank you! ❤
Hehehe someone had to do it!
This was great and nicely thorough - thanks so much.
the speed at which i clicked on this video >:O
Thank you so much!!
I've really fallen off being this late to the new video
Auf dem RUclips Kanal von Aqua wird erklärt, dass Gold immer mit Realise Agent überrollt wird und dann nach ein paar Minuten gedruckt wird. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland,Ulrike 😊
14:19 😂
Well done.
I have speedball in gold and I was very underwhelmed. I also have esedee in copper and it was also underwhelming.
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