Making ink like it's 1795

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Hello! I’ve been gone for a while and now I’m back! (thanks for sticking around!) I just moved across the country again and to celebrate my fickleness I’m putting down my Burgundian project for a while longer and making some historically inspired writing ink. These oak galls were foraged from a local park and they're not the same ones that would have been used traditionally, so it was a bit of an experiment. Spoiler: it goes OKAY but not GREAT, but it wasn't the gall's fault.
00:01:17 about Iron Gall Ink
00:02:24 Galls? What?
00:05:14 Making the ink (steeping galls)
00:07:04 Making the ink (about green vitriol)
00:08:54 Making the ink (magic bit)
00:10:47 Voila
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I’ve also r e b r a n d e d as Making History. I think I’ve outgrown Lydia’s Secret Sewage and I’m ready to expand beyond both the sewing and the secrets. I started this channel without telling anyone I knew as a way to indulge my budding hobby of historical recreation, but it turns out I love making funny little edutainment/project videos too much to not pour my heart into it and let everyone know. I also like making stuff other than clothes!
Making History will document my historically inspired crafts and clothing, as well as the research rabbit holes I get into as an amateur material historian. I’ll continue posting rarely and sporadically, so do subscribe because there will probably be a Burgundian Gown coming at you for real in the next... 6 months or so.
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The recipe book:
archive.org/details/gri_oneth...
Music:
Mozart String Quintet no. 4 in Gm, K. 516 perf. Roxana Pavel Goldstein, via Musopen, Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0
Image credits in film.

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@TomTasker 2 жыл бұрын

reminds me of when I was in 3rd grade, we were studying the American Revolution and at the end of the term we all signed a copy of the declaration of independence using quills and gall ink that we had made over the course. I remember our ink turning out just as watery as yours has so I think you a fine job.

@making.history 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you had a pretty cool 3rd grade teacher. haha thank you!

@caspenbee Жыл бұрын

Secret of Kells has a beautiful animation of gall ink-making! In fact it's crucial to the plot! It's so awesome that you tried this for real.

@making.history Жыл бұрын

Ooooh. I'll have to re-watch it with my new wisdom

@susanr.lichtman6185 Жыл бұрын

My first attempt at ink was a black walnut ink. I didn’t find a recipe but cobbled something together from internet info and came up with something quite usable!

@user-my2lh3mt5d 3 ай бұрын

In this context, bruise means pulverize. I too am of the variety of people that frequently write. Hand made quill pens, fountain pens, steel nib dip pens, reed pens...everything. I do love so very much a good quality gall ink. Not just because it is a superior ink with some great character, but also because it makes me feel that much closer to a pert of history that really captivates me. All history do3s, and the sentiment you have explained in your opening monologue sums it ip quite nicely indeed. - A pen friend in NY

@tehtapemonkey 7 ай бұрын

"An elaborate justification to not follow the recipe." One of the most relatable things i've ever read

@Stormy38044 2 жыл бұрын

Yesssss! Great to see you back! I've never contemplated making ink before, so this was very cool to watch! :D

@OrrieInBetween 2 жыл бұрын

I’m just so happy to have come across your videos. You’re great :)

@SevenStanesMBT Жыл бұрын

That was excellent. Really enjoy your somewhat resigned but very engaging delivery :) Your irreverence is also pretty pleasing. Hope you are working on lots more.

@kninjaknitter8190 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing the details and modifications you did! Very helpful!

@making.history 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@SirenaSpades Жыл бұрын

We don't have that type of tree around my area. They used black walnuts for ink and dye, it was very effective.

@pampelmouse 5 күн бұрын

I would use them to decorate eggs along with onion skins for easter

@llamawerkz Жыл бұрын

Watching your video confirms my decision to buy all of my iron gall inks from Fox and Quills. They definitely don't smell like stale urine!

@asafoetidajones8181 7 ай бұрын

Well, you get what you pay for. Be proactive instead of complaining and DIY that scent.

@mariuslayus00 8 ай бұрын

Yo this is impressive AF.

@vysakhak191 9 ай бұрын

4:10 Mm.. That's a pretty sus looking Gall nut!

@willifindmyself 4 ай бұрын

I was really hoping someone would comment on this. 😂

@jamiewashere 2 жыл бұрын

What a terrific video! I am glad I found your channel!

@making.history Жыл бұрын

Welcome! .....I'm a little slow at responding😅

@mlpencola Жыл бұрын

Great video! The 2nd I have watched and I feel like I met my twin - in regard to interests & thought process! Lol Excited to check out your other videos!

@robhead22 8 ай бұрын

That was great!! You do first class research. And, you have a designated science kit! Impressive. Thank you. Im going to try this. I want to make a drawing ink! Thank you!

@ShaneDyeO 3 ай бұрын

Superb! Charming! Informative! Great video

@AppliedCryogenics Ай бұрын

Using vinegar and iron would give Ferrous Acetate which is perfectly respectable iron salt for ink making. (I think.) Enjoyed the show!

@the_internet_332 2 жыл бұрын

i look forward to your videos!

@dizzywilliams3557 8 ай бұрын

Charming lady! Thank you!

@richardc6269 8 ай бұрын

So that was a complete cluster-duck, i'll keep it PG. I'm guessing , if u stuck to the recipe it would of come together fantastically😉 Do it again!!🤓🤣🤣

@meatcreap 6 ай бұрын

This is a cool video! Thanks for making it

@michelleabramowitz273 2 жыл бұрын

This is so cool!!

@denisezaleski7504 8 ай бұрын

Nicely done🤩

@idrinkwine 9 ай бұрын

I enjoyed your video. I'm tempted to make my own ink for fun but I'm not sure I want to mess around with galls. I'm going to give it some thought. It does seem like boiling should sterilize it as well as concentrate it so you still have the option to make the ink darker.

@allit.164 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool! The fact it kinda still works despite recipe divergence makes me want to diverge on some of my own, which is more than any other videos I've seen with galls have before. (Also, it smells like stale urine so you had to seal it away? I know the perfect channel name for this project! 😂 )

@making.history 2 жыл бұрын

AAAGGHHHHHHH! I knew that name felt right! hehehehe oh my😂

@Oofglobber 6 ай бұрын

The fruit at 4:10 are so well hung.

@thedictationofallah 2 ай бұрын

😳😳😳

@peacedustinc.7108 5 ай бұрын

One property of iron-gall inks is that they darken considerably with time, if you saw that then I would consider the ink a success.

@pacman10182 3 ай бұрын

ferrous sulfate is available in your pharmacy, it's sold as an iron supplement

@earldumarest234 Жыл бұрын

nice job

@keithjacobsen600 8 ай бұрын

Appreciate,, dig your way

@EliwazMoonites 5 ай бұрын

Rain water that's not allowed too touch the ground or metal as too not dissipate the charge. I am sure that would help in the ink bonds latter in making the ink as well as in using it too make other things too.

@ericmartine902 8 ай бұрын

what is the painting at 4:04 ish?

@vladtepist3539 10 ай бұрын

I think of it as a symbiotic relationship

@HotDonovan 22 күн бұрын

Could've just called this Failing to make ink like they did in 1795

@alexbair2542 8 ай бұрын

A strawberry is a gall, yes?

@davidgiles4681 8 ай бұрын

Honey is also used.

@kareno8634 7 ай бұрын

*TOUCHE'! BRAVO!* _and All in between._ : } 6:25 WHAT Was ON Bottom of BOOT? lol *8{|* _oh, you used cloth_ 5:25 You've lived on Planet~E before, How _Lovely!_ i've used Blood before, my own - while available. Cheers!

@loriansaceanu 3 ай бұрын

My grandfather told me that he made ink from poppy flowers. (A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae.) I would be curious if you can do the same. Thanks!

@albertafarmer8638 2 ай бұрын

This sounds complicated, In Germany they made ink form sooth.

@TotalDec 8 ай бұрын

Pretty sure you could burn a piece of truck tire (road gator) and mix the powder ash with water for the same thing. Also pretty sure, you can walk into any office plick up a pen when nobody is looking and leave. Doubly sure, Dollar Tree has pens for cheap.

@johnbooth1110 8 ай бұрын

rainwater free of chemicals. Sorry no it's not try this one where does all the rubber go on car tyres, you'd think down the drain in to creeks and rivers Arh Wrong it;s in yoyr rain water in your rain water tanks,

@corvus1238 8 ай бұрын

Why didn't you just follow the recipe?? Der!

@noeraldinkabam 8 ай бұрын

I really don’t get why you don’t follow the recipe. What in your brain makes you think you know more/better about something you have zero experience with?

@sebo641 3 ай бұрын

You are right, but there are nicer ways to give this feedback

@15davval Ай бұрын

@@sebo641nah she needed to hear it like this. I dont know anything abt ink i just got curious and this whole video just made me upset watching it.

@kimrussoful 3 ай бұрын

I love how experimental and honest you were throughout - I think that is part of making natural ink - intuition, experimentation, curiosity and alchemy. Ignore the negative comments. Ink making is an experimental process and you are doing it well. @kimrussostudio