I've Been Mixing Some Ig Inks: Essri+G10+Green+Sepia

[SchaumburgSwan]

Hi,

some of my favorite inks are iron gall. So I took some of these to see what happens when I mix them. :-)

The inks:
ESSRI, blue-black IG
Gutenberg G10 Urkundentinte "Schwarz" black IG
Platinum Classic Forest Black, green IG
Platinum Classic Sepia Black, brown IG

1. I wanted to make Forest Black darker and less yellowish:
My favorite: 75% Forest / 25% ESSRI (darker but not a cold green)

2.: Forest Black mixed with G10:
Favorite: 67% Forest / 33% G10 (a "Moddergrün" = murky green, like Diamine Safari but darker)



3.: Forest Black with G10 and ESSRI:
Favorite: 40% Forest / 40% G10 / 20% ESSRI (subtle gray-green)

 

4.: G10 mixed with ESSRI to remove the aubergine tint:
Favorite: 75% G10 / 25% ESSRI

5.: Sepia Black and ESSRI:
Favorite: 50% Sepia Black / 50% ESSRI (nice dark gray-black)




Nib used: Swan B-stub; paper: Clairefontaine 90g/m3
Photos were taken 10 days after writing.
No mixture developed a sediment in these ten days.

Best
Jens

[Edo98]

Hi

Thanks for sharing the photos of your mixes look great, I have never used iron gall inks but they look quite interesting.

[SchaumburgSwan]

Hi

Thanks for sharing the photos of your mixes look great, I have never used iron gall inks but they look quite interesting.

 

Thank you Edo98,

 

... and a little update: After 3 weeks in a bottle the G10+ESSRI mix gave some blue deposit.

The other test samples are unchanged.

 

Ciao

Jens