Ink

This publication is made for the themed week dedicated to books and everything connected with them. I'll start with a story about how different and unusual books can be. A miniature song book and a prayer book in the shape of a heart. Probably, this form shape was supposed to symbolize the ...

We learned how they make paper and brushes for painting and calligraphy in China. Now it's time to talk about ink, because according to the treatises on painting it is the blood of images. The main ingredient of Chinese ink is soot. To get 10 pounds of wood soot one have to burn 400 pounds of ...