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Lovely photo! How is your ink aging? Is it still doing well?

Find my homemade ink recipes on my Flickr page here.

 

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Lovely photo! How is your ink aging? Is it still doing well?

By aging it becomes stronger and deeper, you can see the result, the paper was written yesterday.

Write and enjoy the process.

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So pretty!! Looks like gold!

Find my homemade ink recipes on my Flickr page here.

 

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If I can ever find an inexpensive source for saffron, I'd love to! A few strands run around $15 or more. That's even more expensive than aleppo galls. Have you done any lightfast tests on your ink? How would a writing sample hold up in a sunny window, for instance? I'm more apt to try an ink if I know it is really permanent. That is my personal quest, even though it leaves me with somewhat boring (by comparison) black or gray or brown inks!

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Find my homemade ink recipes on my Flickr page here.

 

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Very nice color! And nice russian/german written example.

 

Although, isn't it a bit hard to read in reality? Seems that way, a bit too pale.

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Very nice color! And nice russian/german written example.

 

Although, isn't it a bit hard to read in reality? Seems that way, a bit too pale.

The last samples are scanned papers, you see them as they are. They are not photos as are upper examples. I think it is not pale, may be this is a characteristic of orange color. I can read it without any problem.

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This is stunningly beautiful. The color. The writing. Everything. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

Learning from the past does not mean living in the past.

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Hello

 

Thanks for sharing. Saffron is a colour that has drawn my attention for many years.

 

I have a couple of questions if I may:

 

1. I have no reference for a gram of water. What would that be in mils, an ounce, or a spoon?

 

2. Instead of steeping a red marker, could one use a drop or two of say, Waterman's Red?

 

Thank you,

 

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Hello

 

Thanks for sharing. Saffron is a colour that has drawn my attention for many years.

 

I have a couple of questions if I may:

 

1. I have no reference for a gram of water. What would that be in mils, an ounce, or a spoon?

 

2. Instead of steeping a red marker, could one use a drop or two of say, Waterman's Red?

 

Thank you,

 

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1. 80 grams will be 80 milliliters, or approximately 3 ounces, or 6 full tablespoons.

2. I haven't tried it yet, because in Baku I couldn't find any red fountain pen ink, but I think it is better to drop red fountain pen ink instead of using marker ink. Let's try. You can add ink after boiling the saffron infusion, because ink absolutely doesn't need to be boiled to be solved. I would begin from 5 ml red ink to 80 ml saffron infusion for the first experience, it has to be enough to strengthen the orange color of saffron. But if it is not enough, add some red ink again.

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This is stunningly beautiful. The color. The writing. Everything. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

Thank you for appreciating.

Write and enjoy the process.

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Hello

 

Thanks for sharing. Saffron is a colour that has drawn my attention for many years.

 

I have a couple of questions if I may:

 

1. I have no reference for a gram of water. What would that be in mils, an ounce, or a spoon?

 

2. Instead of steeping a red marker, could one use a drop or two of say, Waterman's Red?

 

Thank you,

 

Inked

Welcome

1. 80 grams will be 80 milliliters, or approximately 3 ounces, or 6 full tablespoons.

2. I haven't tried it yet, because in Baku I couldn't find any red fountain pen ink, but I think it is better to drop red fountain pen ink instead of using marker ink. Let's try. You can add ink after boiling the saffron infusion, because ink absolutely doesn't need to be boiled to be solved. I would begin from 5 ml red ink to 80 ml saffron infusion for the first experience, it has to be enough to strengthen the orange color of saffron. But if it is not enough, add some red ink again.

 

Thank you for your reply.

 

Next time I go out shopping, I will be looking for some nice saffron.

 

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Thank you for the recipe. I don't think I can dare to make my own but it looks really nice. Colour surely adds more impact to your writing of Sure-i Nas.

Saffron is also one of my favourite ink colours.

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Halid

 

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