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Japaneze Light 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 landscapes or
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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