Ink woes

[FirebirdArts]

@prasad : I take iron supplements all the time...so I'd just dissolve them in the ink to make them darker?  Would I have to get the tablet type or the capsule type? Would the sugar coating on the tablet affect the ink?

@Rednaxela : I was just thinking black tea simply because it's darker not really for tannin content.  What does tannin have to do with the darkness?

[prasad]

@FirebirdArts
Sugar does not affect the ink.  I suggested These tablets because I remember a member of this forum saying she could use this too. 
Just get the 300 gm or more Ferrous Sulphate tablets.  Grind them up and try it. 

Happy writing

[Rednaxela]

Check out this website @FirebirdArts.

http://irongallink.org/igi_indexd7ce.html

They explain it a lot better than I can.

[FirebirdArts]

@prasad @Rednaxela : I kind of want to do an ink making party with you guys now, your wealth of knowledge is fascinating...

[Inked botanicals]

Have I heard Ink Party??? Count me in!! @AndyT I absolutely love that book! I have it printed so I could take notes directly over it! Making ink is one of my favourite things to do and I have a lot of materials from my cosmetic-maker time. I've made walnut ink, longwood ink, iron gall ink, the famous dr. Stark recipe, pomegranate iron ink, cochineal iron ink and I even tried wine and jasmin green tea pearls! Not all of them have come out as good, but they all were so fun to make!

[ash0kgiri]

Wow Alba,
You have the entire Ink range. And I can imagine your place full of colourful jars filled with these lovely inks. Wish I could have few of them

-Ashok

[FirebirdArts]

Have I heard Ink Party??? Count me in!! @AndyT I absolutely love that book! I have it printed so I could take notes directly over it! Making ink is one of my favourite things to do and I have a lot of materials from my cosmetic-maker time. I've made walnut ink, longwood ink, iron gall ink, the famous dr. Stark recipe, pomegranate iron ink, cochineal iron ink and I even tried wine and jasmin green tea pearls! Not all of them have come out as good, but they all were so fun to make!

Yes you heard ink party...but I think you'd take the cake with everything you've already made...

[Inked botanicals]

Well @FirebirdArts , most of that list can be also called "The list of my biggest failures" but... cake is always welcome! 

@ash0kgiri I am pretty happy with my excessively big amount of bottles, yeah. But my father seems to think that big bottles with fermenting galls are not good decorations. I try to put flowery stickers on them, but... 

[Inkysloth]

Seconding ESSRI!

It lasts for ages, too - I bought a bottle 3+ years ago, have been using it in a Lamy Safari and as a dip ink since then, and am only about halfway through the bottle. Admittedly I'm also using Higgins Eternal for dip-pen lettering, but those two are my go-to inks for practice, and depending on the end effect desired, final work.

If you want to try some, PM me and I'll pop a sample in the post to you.

best wishes

Robin