Recipe: Alizarine Ink I

Alizarine ink has a beautiful, slightly greyish blue tone, reminding of natural indigo. It becomes even darker while drying and slowly loses the blue cast when exposed to light.

Processing

Step 1: Put the gall apples in a textile bag and crush the apples with a hammer. Then roughly pulverize them in a mortar. Boil the powder with the madder roots in water for about 1.5 hours. The liquid should be reduced to 3/5 of the original quantity.

Step 2: After filtration first add indigotine blue, then the iron (II) sulphate and finally drops of vinegar.

Ingredients

42 g	Oak Apples (#37400)
3 g	Madder Roots, ground with pieces (#37201)
200 g	Water (#65000)
6 g	Iron (II) Sulphate (#64200)
1 g	Vinegar
1 g	Indigotine Blue (#94160)

Additional Information

Historical Inks

Note

The production requires the following tools: a scale, mortar and pestle, an enameled pot, glass rods or wooden sticks for stirring, glasses, funnels and filters.

Water
Only demineralized water (#65000) is used in the recipes.
Color result
Since many ingredients used in ink recipes are of natural origin, the color result may vary. Deviations from the original recipe may also change the result.
Filtration
The inks are filtered with paper filters.
Cooking
Keep the cooking pot closed with a matching lid.
Shelf life
Moldy ink should not be skimmed off. Please dispose if the ink.
Cleaning
Pots are best cleaned with hot water and a small amount of citric acid (#64150).

We assume no liability for the processing instructions described above. In any case, we recommend the production and evaluation of sample surfaces.

Product list

Author: Kremer Pigmente, Recipe based on Lehner 1890, p. 86.