The Craft of Natural Ink
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2023
- The discovery of ink occurred around 4,500 years ago in Egypt and China. In Egypt, scribes initially used reed pens with ink to write on papyrus scrolls. Around the same time, in ancient China, ink was used in calligraphy and brush painting. The exact processes of discovery are not documented, but it's likely that people noticed the permanent nature of certain pigments when mixed with a binder and began to experiment.
The traditional method of making ink varied by culture and period, but generally involved combining a pigment with a binder to ensure the pigment's adhesion to paper or other surfaces.
Pigment: The pigment provides the color. The most common pigment was carbon black, also known as lampblack, which gives a deep black color. It was obtained by collecting the soot produced by burning oil, fat, or resinous woods. In other cases, pigments were obtained from various minerals, plants, or even mollusks (like in the case of purple Tyrian ink in ancient Rome).
Binder: The binder (or vehicle) holds the pigment in suspension and allows it to adhere to the writing surface. One common binder was gum arabic, derived from the sap of acacia trees. This natural gum also helps the ink to dry by allowing water to evaporate. In other cases, animal glue or egg white was used as a binder.
Solvent: Water was often used as the solvent to achieve the right consistency.
-Ink mixing stitched from @nickwoo2 
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Humans are really amazing. Look at all the different ingredients from diverse sources that got mixed by trial and error to get ink. Kinda brilliant.
We sometimes take innovation for granted. The ball point pen we use, was once a thought in someone's head. Even paper now is heavily processed and synthesized. Humans are indeed incredible, but also kinda the worst at the same time 😂
id like to think that the vodka one was just a drunk guy putting his vodka into the ink
We had a lot of doing-nothing time to come up with these things back in the day
@@tacotuttleand the original ink just a little kid hoping to make some magic potion.
Big brain 🧠
my rotted ass zoomer brain thought it came from squids
Lol
😭
100% the adults fault
pretty sure some of it does
Samee lol
“It’s not what it looks like! I’m making pigment!”
**holding my lighter under a spoon**
What's the other thing you'd be doing with an active lighter held under a spoon?
@@victoriagrayson5082he's makin caramel 😂
Really?@@imhavingastroke
@@victoriagrayson5082 I make the best Carmel in town😎 I don’t share tho
@@victoriagrayson5082 in all seriousness though people do heroin and crack off spoons. In case you’re seriously wondering😂
I used to do traditional caligraphy in Korea. The sound of grinding ink bars with a distinct smell of ink will be in my memory
agreed grinding ink is a wonderful form of meditation.
In Iceland they used calves blood.
Edit: so I googled it and apparently a herb mixture was also sometimes used but I hadn't heard of it. The mixture had the advantage of not spoiling. This mixture was in fact more popular than the calves blood but I haf only learned about the calves blood.
In ancient Germany they carved in wood.
That's also where the german word for letter comes from.
"Buchstabe" (letter) derives from the wood/tree "Buche" (beech).
Also "Buch" (book) comes from it.
What are you doing? Rituals?
Anyway i imagine the smell might be too distracting for scholar
*Black metal noises*
Don't Icelandic sharks have black meat, why didnt they yses theirblood ?
@@rifwannthey put tea in to mask the smell
New beverage discovered: _Ink_
delicious
@@0ddestMouse my favorite
You can try to drink or eat a common ink material for sure; squid ink. But cook them first ok 😂
sounds great, I'll take a shot
@@thatonepomakMaybe your traumatic memory removed one "i". 🏴☠️
OOHHHH now I understand why my son has so many burnt spoons, he's just making ink.
those syringes are for injecting the ink into the cartridges i assume?
Nothing to worry about. Your son is just making INK for like all normal kids do
Pls explain
@@therealtaco7328 some people use a similar method to consume heroin
@@therealtaco7328there is a way of consuming heroin that requires it to be heated up. It's normally done using a candle and a spoon
For anyone wondering, the Chinese character being written at the start is 甲, which means “bladed leather or metal armour” (old).
this reminds me of one of my favorite teachers, he was new to the school and he went into the storage closet of the room he was given and he found an old letter from supposedly a former teacher from decades ago, the teacher lamented that the “kids these days” that he taught had no clue how to boil their own ink and always used the store bought stuff for convenience, it was very funny to read but also reminds me of how critical each generation is of the next
The amount of lost knowledge from previous generations always blows my mind. Older humans were not as dumb as we like to think
@@-pyrosef- probably not any smarter either, just different skillsets as the world innovates and traditional crafts fall out of fashion.
The entire point is to make the world better so each generation doesn't have to do that shit and hunt for their own food and make clothes from tiger hides anymore
@@WolfgangDoW It is very excellent to make labour-saving technology so that we have more time and energy to devote to the things we enjoy.
On the other hand, there is a satisfaction that comes from creating your own tools with your own hands and knowledge, that you can't really get from any other endeavour. And it can feel good to know that in an extreme situation you don't have to depend on wider society to provide for you.
It's a trade-off, and I'm not sure what the correct balance is. I think I would personally like to do a few more things with my own hands.
Yeah but also the more I keep hearing these stories the note I realize we'd struggle to survive not even 200 years ago, whereas those guys in our time would feel like kings
I'm Japanese, but I didn't know a traditional way of making SUMI is so hard.
I appreciate to you let me know the new side of my own country.
note:
What is going on here. I just wanted to thank to Mr.magnify, not to show off my nationality. （anyway a citizenship is not what to be bragging about. ）
I sometimes watch this channel because it shows me new aspects of language based on the culture.
I don't have any intentions to offend to anyone.
imagine the smell-
@@themelancholyofgay3543 sumi ink has a really distinct smell that I enjoy
@@Gee-Sus-Official did i?
@@Gee-Sus-Officialbro💀
@@Gee-Sus-Official8 can't tell if you're joking or not
are you saying that only Americans are the english speaking people on this platform?!
It’s just beyond comprehension how difficult so many ordinary things once were
I was listening to a thing on the radio about historical preservation and they were saying that Leonardo Da Vinci's ink recipe was causing trouble as it was starting to fade. Dude probably didn't expect us all to be reading his notes centuries later!
It was an iron based ink if I remember correctly. Possibly iron and oak gall.
That sounds about right for Leonardo- always over-confident about his technical skills (see, notoriously, his "Last Supper"). Iron gall ink is fantastic if it's prepared and used correctly (e.g. on early Celtic manuscripts like the Book of Kells) but easy to get wrong.
@PastPresented it is possibly a problem in combination with the paper. Papers can have all kinds of acids etc that interfere with long term storage. Whereas celtic manuscripts are usually vellum
@@Rumade Kind-of the other way round in Leonardo's day. Acid degeneration is a particular problem with paper made from wood pulp, whereas early paper, like the best modern paper, was based on textile rags. Iron gall ink derives its permanence from reaction with the writing surface, so it's difficult to erase- but paper requires a weaker ink formulation than vellum/parchment, or the letters will ultimately burn right through it!
I always think of the classic oak gall ink. Tannins from oak react with iron to form a brown-black, waterproof ink. Just crush an oak gall and put it in water with some rusty iron nails.
Hey, I have one of those oak galls on my “Nature finds” shelf! (Next to a shed cicada exoskeleton I found)😊
@@eatwhatukiii2532Galls are fascinating. They are caused by tiny wasp larvae injecting chemicals into the tree which cause/trick into growing a nice little home for them. They are basically natural bioengineering structures.
So called “iron gall” inks that are safe for fountain pens are still around today, fun fact
@@tuvoca825 Elf architecture ;)
Though seriously, I saw a bumper sticker once which said "If it isn't grown, or mined, it's DRILLED". True, but I prefer grown.
@@tuvoca825probably not because most mixtures destroy the thing (paper and vellum[hide] were the most common) it was written on, in about 50-150 years. But as a rust preventer I just don't know for sure.
Keep in mind that this is for effective ink that has evolved over centuries. The original inks used were probaly charcoal/ash inks and techniques developed over the years to refine the ink.
You can also make ink using berries. Usually from some that are toxic because of the higher consentration of tannins.
I wouldn't be surprised if the most primitive ink was discovered from a pile of berries that made people sick, then were abandoned and started leaking a thick juice.
From there, it only takes someone getting their hand full of it when throwing them away and putting said hand on a rock or wall to leave a mark.
HAHAHA JOKE ON THEM THO, THATS WHY I DONT PLAY THIS THING CALLED "LIFE", I PLAYED MINECRAFT INSTEAD, we all know life is just Minecraft knock off, in Minecraft, all we need to do is collect them from squid by killing them
"Making ink, might be more complicated than you think"
Bro bars 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Just don’t let anyone see you with a spoon over a candle
Can't express how worth while the content on this channel is.
Yeah this man never cease to amaze me
I hear acacia and remembered from my psychedelic days it's the second easiest way to find DMT spirits
Interesting, could you please elaborate?
@@titchc3657 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Acacia_species_known_to_contain_psychoactive_alkaloids extract exactly like you would with mimosa hostilis root bark powder (easy DMT source). It's not to hard
Wait wat 👀
@@titchc3657 acacia confusa is the one that has DMT, not the gum acacia.
@@titchc3657 i would also like to know
The ink factories in japan reminded me of the big minecraft redstone farms that would generate massive amounts of items
Fun fact: some of these paint makers thought it was waste to put alcohol straight, so they drank a lot and then pissed for paint preparation.
In India (Bengal), we studied a rhyme for making ink!
"Teel, Triphala, Shimul chala, Chaag dugdhe Kori mela
Louho patre, lohay ghoshi, chinre Potro, na chare mosi."
Which translates to,
"Sesame seeds, "Triphala" (an Ayurvedic medicine) and bark of Bombax tree. They are to be mixed in an iron pot with goat milk and crushed with an iron masher. The ink will be so good, that even if the paper is torn apart but the ink will stay the same."
No one needs that east Indian bengli shit 😂
Although, Basic India ink is composed of a variety of fine soot, known as lampblack, combined with water to form a liquid. No binder material is necessary: the carbon molecules are in colloidal suspension and form a waterproof layer after drying. A binding agent such as gelatin or, more commonly, shellac may be added to make the ink more durable once dried. India ink is commonly sold in bottled form, as well as a solid form as an inkstick (most commonly, a stick), which must be ground and mixed with water before use. If a binder is used, India ink may be waterproof or non-waterproof
I wonder how they make solid ink block. Like the one they use for calligraphy in China and Japan
They extract gelatin from animal conmective tissuenin japan. They knewd the soot into the gelatin
@@truedarklanderyup. This is correct
I once saw a japanese youtuber mix melted rawhide into the soot (so yeah gelatin basically)
@@truedarklander oh! I see, thank you!
easy, you kill enough squid to get 9 ink and then throw all of it in a crafting table.. aand before you notice - you have a solid ink block
“Making ink might be harder than you think”
bars.
Honestly that's a lot less complicated than I thought
You can use lavender oil to discourage mold growth.
Makes it smell good too
How do humans discover these stuff like who is like let’s get the residue from spoons over fire and put that into water and sap from acacia trees and then get the right consistency to sink into the page
destilled water even
Two million years of trial and error. Also, Marlene Dietrich used carbon from a match on porcelain to do her smoky eye look.
It's more intuitive when you think about what you actually want from the ink. You need it to be dark. You need it liquid. You need it to dry reasonably fast. When it dries, the ink needs to stay where you put it. It shouldn't fade over time, and finally, it can't warp the paper.
From these, you can start with dark liquid, like wine or soy sauce or dirt water, but the problem with these is that they are very runny, they warp the paper, and they fade a lot when they dry. Traditional dyes could work, but they might not work quite the same on paper. Soot and water works, but it's way too runny on its own, and it rubs off. Tree resin is something people noticed is hard normally but easily liquifies with a bit of heat, which can also be accomplished by rubbing. That at least suggests that you can mix stuff into it while it's liquid, and it'll stay there and stick whatever it's applied to whenever it's dry, so it's both stayfast and dry. Plus, the tree sap is often used in incense, so it happened to be nearby with burning candles and lamps, so all the ingredients were readily available to experiment with. It's even more trial and error to get even better ink, and that's probably why they use gum arabica rather than any random tree resin, or at least it was probably easier to source because some trees produce a lot more than others.
@@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor11342 million?
@@Brokendog-wt4ul 😂 I meant 200,000.
Fun fact: Gum arabic is also used in lays chips! See the indredients behind the classic salt lays chips packet
It's used in a lot more food than just chips
You should totally cover the oak gall ink making process too! 😮
Some Japanese ink sticks take tons of labor to make. They made the mix into a dough that’s kneaded for hours by someone stepping on it like they do in wine making, and then the dough goes through the molding and drying process which takes forever, and they get baked to be hardened and remove all moisture. They do this to make the best quality ink sticks they can get, with supposedly all the best qualities you want from workability to how well it sticks to the brush and paper, and how quickly and evenly it dries as well
This reminded me of ascendance of a bookworm. Thank you
You did an excellent job. *Fun fact, the reason your calligraphy doesn’t look like the calligraphy of other professional is because of the paper. It’s not your fault, it’s the papers inability you soak up your ink* as the paper used by professionals is really high-quality. I believe it’s a cotton hybrid blend and can cost up to $100.00 for a canvas or two
When you didn't have any ink but you thought you did that's a pigment of your imagination.
I've spent years trying to figure out how to collect the candle soot online efficiently. Thank you.
The soot pigment is called lampblack
Me a 14 year old pyromaniac: *Mom, I’m not playing with these candles, I’m making ink, I swear!*
Fascinating history and historian!
Love your posts, your use of language and enthusiasm for knowledge. As an Anthropology student, this cultural and humanistic view of the world is very welcome! Keep posting, teaching and sharing...it is love in action❤
This guy never misses
What’s the host’s name again? He’s cute😊
Bro down bad 💀
I'M SO GLAD SOMEONE ELSE AGREES
Christopher! (And yes, he is very cute indeed)
@@ojtheaviator1795 thanks!
He is so handsome.
My toxic trait is thinking I can do this so easy
"or even add a splash of vodka"
every russian in a 10 meter radius: OO OO OO AA A AAAA A AAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Egg whites can be used in place of Gum Arabic. There are some great " how to " videos on YT.
I love your content and insight. I would love to see some longer form of your content. Would you be willing to make longer videos or recommend any channels that explain similar things in the great way that you do?
I really love how this guy actually gets full on hands on with all his videos
this is actually.... a lot easier than i thought. i had no idea how to make ink before this this is neat actually
thats actually much less complicated than i expected
This is how I make watercolor paint, but it's not dark enough to use as ink at all.
Great work as always! And thank you for crediting your video/image/audio sources in the description with links! More people need to do that.
you have no idea how useful this information is to me, thank you sir
Ah so that's what all those people holding spoons over lighters under the bridge are doing
"Making ink might be more complicated than you think." He made an accidental rhyme there.
“Vodka” my brother in Christ, that is a bottle of over the counter isopropyl alcohol.
My art teacher made it out of oak apples and other things but relatively simple
Here's the second way of making ink:
*Get a squid*
Wow LOVE the business insider footage you used at the beginning, really makes me think of what small creators that I *don't* recognize you're taking footage from 🤩🤩
Ngl bro, that's a lot simpler than I expected
For some reason you can use iron and what is essentially tree tumours and grind it up to combine with water, making a dark albeit thin ink.
Never really thought about it, but expected it to be harder.
That's why people wrote very carefully and thoughtfully
Russians after hearing vodka: We drink Ink now
So you’re telling me… we have fire, water, and acacia in minecraft yet we make ink from squids?
I love how you are giving us so much duverse information
And here I was JUST looking up how to make ink for my new dip pen
This was a lot less complicated than I figured actually
Ok, that was less complicated than I thought.
And to think that Mr. Thomas Connor made a MACHINE designed around making this stuff just blows my mind
Love your videos! Always interesting
It's so much easier to stain something by accident than to stain it on purpose.
Now do iron gall ink! I love iron gall inks. It’s so neat to watch them oxidize and change color.
We used to make ink from coal which was scraped on smooth rock with droplets of water
In elementary school we did an assignment where we had to make ink with little instruction. We picked the color purple and it turned out green
It actually sounds easier than I thought
My 2 brain cells thought it came from squid 🐙
" how did he get drunk?"
"Ink"
They used oak galls and plants too. I just did a calligraphy class, and the history of ink is quite fascinating
That's so cool, I didn't know soot had a practical application and was what calligraphy ink is made of
Ink could not be any more complicated than I think, as I haven’t the slightest clue how one would do such a thing
I always thought it was hard to make ink but this video explained it was actually easier than I thought
Making ink was simpler than I thought… cool
Dude! You know so much about ..... what exactly is it you do or studied? It's fascinating. I could never devote enough of myself to formally study it but this platform you're using is brilliant for sharing this information.
So, I guess that's why ink can get so pricy at at stores.
Pls make more like this. I love learning stuff like this. It's awesome pls keep up the great vids
‘No mom im not doing heroin i swear i was just making ink’
People should be able to tell, by whether the spoon is facing up or down.
So, your telling me that my ink could be drunk?
Putting a spoon over a fire is the first step to art.
Bros cooking sulfur for the raid
Quality Chinese inks will often also add medicinal ingredients to the soot mixture so that the ink will not spoil and will become darker and more refined with time. It also helps make the ink smell fragrant. They will then sit in a mixture of the soot and other ingredients for up to months before being made into a dough. That is then hammered and kneaded for a long time before being molded into inksticks. A single inkstick can be used for years on end.
I learned that ancient Chinese scholars would grind their ink in alcohol, but I never knew why until I watched this video. Thanks for sharing!
Russians after hearing that there's vodka in ink:
I really like the way you pack the information in these videos 'timelike' :)
Very fun and well done!🎉
The fact that people thougut of combining all these seemingly random ingreediants amazes me
When you think ink comes from squids but really just comes from these stuff
It's actually way easier than I thought.
I feel like ink that molds has the potential for some interesting art
Definitely not the first thing that comes to mind when you see someone holding a spoon over a candle.
Instructions unclear, now chasing dragons
You had me with the googly eyes on the candle!!! ❤️
Octopi: well yes but actually no
It was actually slightly easier than I thought
Whats so cool is as a kid I would put out a candle by putting the lid on top and then play with the little black spot. Crazy to think traditional japan did the same thing and figured out how to turn it into ink
Actually it’s simpler than I expected, though super neat and not at all what I would have expected
I enjoy your channel. I wish you would also make more longer videos, but I hear these shorts are the most profitable these days to a newish reform of the RUclips monitization probably in response to the popularization of TikTok. You're doing a great job, I just enjoy the longer format. The short videos really trigger my ADHD.