Historical Inks
Writing inks are made from natural and synthetic water-soluble dyes. They contain little or no gum arabic binder. The color intensity and luminosity of historical writing inks is unmatched by modern commercial products.
Historical Ink Recipes (#992424)
Kremer Pigmente offers a booklet with 11 simple recipes for making historical inks.
Set Historical Inks (#14710)
Dyes and materials for making your own ink, including: walnut ink, indigo (synthetic) blue ink, carmine (cochineal) ink and iron gall ink. Includes booklet (#992424) with 11 historical ink recipes.
Dyes
For ink production we offer a selection of different dyes such as cochineal, logwood, brazilwood, madder roots, walnut hulls, buckthorn berries, gall apples and indigotine blue.
Mediums & Additives
Here you will find mediums and additives for ink production such as gum arabic, chemicals or clove oil.
Calligraphy Brush - Set (#85003400)
Brushes for Calligraphy and Ink Painting.
Soft long-haired brushes have a large capacity to absorb liquid and have proven best for working with ink.
Books
A selection of specialist books provide basic knowledge in the subject area "Dyeing / Plant Colors & Inks".
German Books:
Marlis Maehrle: Blaue Wunder (#990236)
Lucy McGrath: Papier marmorieren (#990806)
