{"id":11085,"date":"2020-11-01T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T23:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacocomo.com\/ink-making-training-by-colleen\/"},"modified":"2022-09-25T18:02:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T17:02:46","slug":"ink-making-training-by-colleen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacocomo.com\/en\/ink-making-training-by-colleen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ink making training by Colleen."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Incredibly talented artist, Colleen, has been sharing her knowledge of ancient ink making methods\u2026 Iron Gall Ink.<\/p>\n\n
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Nature is so amazing! Gall wasps lay a single egg on a leaf bud. The larvae secretion changes the chemistry where a protective gall nut is formed around the larvae instead of a leaf. When it\u2019s ready, the wasp will burrow it\u2019s way out of the nut, leaving a little hole (swipe to see an example).
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We\u2019re surrounded by lots of oaks and collect little galls (with holes in them) that we\u2019ve found on the forest path.
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These galls contain a lot of tannin, and have been used to make ink since the Roman Empire, and from the middle ages until the twentieth century.<\/p>\n\n