Sunday, August 25, 2024

Playing with old ink 宿墨

A while ago, I bought a stash of old liquid ink. The problem with old ink is that the animal glue in there has deteriorated and the ink does not spread like fresh ink. However, as liquid ink, it does contain preservatives, so it does not spoil easily. So what I usually do is that I would pour leftover ink (fresh one made by grinding) into a bottle of old liquid ink, which helps to extend the life of that fresh ink. However, such ink does not spread as well as fresh ink, but it does look better than old liquid ink.

So I decided to play around with old liquid ink, mixed with fresh ink, then diluted a bit.

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