tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266388920813232236.post599353196463476101..comments2023-12-25T21:45:42.095+00:00Comments on Growing Colour Tyfu Lliw: Medieval Inks, buckthorn bark and being laid low with a nasty bug.Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05597640040480685246noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266388920813232236.post-60588191457563091202007-12-31T04:11:00.000+00:002007-12-31T04:11:00.000+00:00Very interesting about the woodash lye. One of th...Very interesting about the woodash lye. One of these days (when I have a wood heater again) I will try this. <BR/><BR/>I love all your ink colors. Very nice!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266388920813232236.post-22607662023943657582007-12-28T23:07:00.000+00:002007-12-28T23:07:00.000+00:00Thank you so much Dorothy, I have now ordered both...Thank you so much Dorothy, I have now ordered both books form Abe Books and feel very excited!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597640040480685246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266388920813232236.post-38604675441564342152007-12-28T19:33:00.000+00:002007-12-28T19:33:00.000+00:00I'd like to recommend Ralph Mayer's book "The Arti...I'd like to recommend Ralph Mayer's book "The Artists handbook of Materials and Techniques", I have the 5th edition, published by Faber in 1991 (1st ed. was 1940). There's a whole chapter on different binders for paints, including egg yolk and casein. As regards printing inks, linseed oil was certainly in use in 1600s, I don't know about earlier.<BR/><BR/>From his lengthy, very useful, bibliography, a book that I know is in print (minus original illustartions) is "Materials and Techniques of Medieval Painting", Daniel V Thompson, Dover re-print.Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488670649558382921noreply@blogger.com