I prepped some paper yesterday with gesso and my home-made walnut ink. I have to be careful with the ink as I am allergic to walnuts, proper anaphylactic stuff, so plastic gloves, mask and lots of ventilation are needed when I’m spreading it onto the paper. It seems ok to work with when it’s dry though. It’s quite smelly because it contains 20% surgical spirits (rubbing alcohol) to preserve it as it’s organic and grows mould without the alcohol.
The ink is made from the husks, the fruit around the actual walnut and gives a beautiful, colour-fast sepia ink. You can read how to make walnut husk ink here in one of my previous blog posts.
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