Ink Experiments

Ink Experiments

In fall 2023, I began creating my own homemade ink by following the guidelines of Make Ink: A Forager's Guide to Natural Inkmaking by Jason Logan as well as some miscellaneous online recipes. (In years previous I had experimented with making pokeberry ink and had painted with it, but this was my first foray into delving into inkmaking at a more serious level.)

In this section, you'll find a gallery of photos of my experiments, which have thus far (as of 9/21/23) involved the following plants:

• Pokeberries
• Grapes
• Red dahlias
• Amaranth
• American wintergreen (teaberry)
• Slender scratchdaisy
• Treasure flower
• Wrinkleleaf goldenrod
• Siebold's vibernum
• Buckthorn berries
• Rowen berries
• Orange jewelweed

The painting Flight (pictured above) is the first painting I created using (almost) exclusively homemade inks (grape and pokeberry). I'll be posting more pieces and photos from my experiments as I continue.