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Japaneze Dark Grey |
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Japanese Tattoo Ink - In wash paintings, as in calligraphy,
artists usually grind their own ink stick (Japanese: sumi)
over an ink stone to obtain ink, but prepared inks are also
available. Most ink sticks are made of either pine soot or oil
soot combined with animal glue (Japanese: nikawa). An artist
puts a few drops of water on an ink stone and grinds the ink
stick in a circular motion until a smooth, grey ink of the desired
concentration is made. Prepared inks are usually of much
lower quality. Sumi themselves are sometimes ornately
decorated with landscapesor flowers in bas-relief and some
are highlighted with gold. We used this historical aspects to
create the best tattoo pigments to achieve those effects on skin. |
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