![]() Or the water makes it all the way up to the top of the strip. Sometimes the color combinations can be quite surprising.īut when should you take it out? When is it done? I’ve experimented a bit with time, but the best way to judge this (in my opinion) is just when the color stops moving up the strip. The pigments will start to travel up the paper at varying speeds. Suspend the strip in the container and watch! This is important unless you want inky water. The paper will soak up plenty of ink as you do this.Ĭheck to make sure this line of ink will be above the water level when the strip is placed in your container. Don’t apply a huge amount of ink – just draw a single line slowly across the paper. In the above photo I used a glass dip nib to apply a thin strip from edge to edge, about 3-4 cm (a little over an inch) from the bottom. Now, for the ink! I used Franklin-Christoph Honeycomb and Troublemaker Inks Milky Ocean in this post – you can use this with any ink you own. Make sure to measure that your strip will be in the water, but only the bottom 1 cm or so (less than half an inch). I happened to be in a situation where distilled water was at my desk within reach.Īdd a small amount of water to the bottom of the container. If you live in an area with lots of minerals in your tap water, it is probably worth using bottled water or distilled water if you have it. I’ve never had a problem using plain tap water with this method – we are not aiming for highly scientific results. Speaking of water, what kind should you use? I only use high grade super quality distilled water. One big tip here: measure this BEFORE putting the strip into the water. What are the requirements with this suspension? The bottom of the strip should not touch the bottom or sides of your container I use clips because they are easy to find in my desk and usually require less fiddling on my part. I enjoy using a clip of some sort (paper clip, binder clip) that is wider than the opening of my container. Some include using a rubber band and a skewer or paintbrush. ![]() I have seen plenty of methods of suspension used. A way to suspend the strip in the water.In the chromatography strips method, you will only need a few supplies: My methods have changed slightly since then, hopefully for the better! These photos show some of my first attempts at chromatography from several years ago. the water carries the color components up the paper different distances. This is all possible because ink is water based and made up of various components that have different solubility and/or densities. With ink chromatography, a small amount of ink is applied to the paper, one end is placed in water, and as the water works its way up the paper, the various colors of the ink are revealed. Because it is so absorbent, it wicks up water easily. I purchased a small package of them from Amazon a while back – as far as I can tell, they don’t lose their chroma magic over time.Ĭhromatography paper is incredibly absorbent, thinner than blotter paper, and a bit rough to the touch. The photo above is of chromatography strips. There are so many ways to explore the colors that make up each ink – I can’t talk about all of them today, but I will share a couple of methods. ![]() I’ve made lots of mistakes but hope is that you learn something here and find another way in which you can enjoy your inks! I have a method here that works for me and explanations that may or may not be fully correct. Before I start down this path, though, let me issue a warning: I am no expert at this in any way. I also love taking things apart to see how they work (as a kid I rarely put them back together, though) and combining these two things is even better.Įnter, chromatography. ![]() Plus, with no pen shows going on at the moment, I’ve tried to look for ways to enjoy my current inks even more.Ĭolor is endlessly fascinating to me. ![]() Spring announcements have passed and we aren’t yet starting into the holiday selling. There seems to be a time in the middle of summer each year when the new inks just aren’t coming out as quickly. ![]()
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