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Make writing ink - PEM BB traditional.sand.ink

BB traditional skills - sand badge
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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEM curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Traditional Skills.

Writing letters is a great way to communicate but what if you don't have a pen or ink?  Let's try our hand at making ink!

 
 

Here's one way to do it:


Minimum requirements:
  - Make homemade ink for writing or artwork
  - Must stay legible for 2 days
  - This bb can only use materials that existed 200 years ago

Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
  - The recipe your are using
  - Midway through making the ink
  - Finished ink
  - Writing on a piece of white paper
  - Same writing 2 days later with evidence that 2 days has actually passed
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I made black tea ink. It was a quick and easy project. I did add more water than the recipe called for (because my leaves were ground up?)
and used a handkerchief in my potato ricer to press the liquid. I also added extra gum Arabic...

I was impressed with the beautiful color but was hoping for something closer to a black.
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Recipe
Recipe
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Black tea leaves
Black tea leaves
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Boiling
Boiling
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Pressing
Pressing
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Gum Arabic
Gum Arabic
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Upper left shows decanted ink
Upper left shows decanted ink
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Day 1 writing with time stamp
Day 1 writing with time stamp
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Day 3 writing with time stamp
Day 3 writing with time stamp
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