Description: Oak galls gathered from northern California oaks...mostly live oaks. The picture is the exact lot you will get. Great for ink/dye making or whatever. This is about 32 oz, having said that, if they dry out a bit more they might be a bit less, if they gain humidity they might be more. I gathered them in mid 90's heat so it is unlikely that they will get any drier. Possibly Andricus quercuscalifornicus but honestly I am not a botanist and have no idea. What you see is what you get. If this ends up being a thing, there are more where those came from. So, I actually made some ink! It works, the 4th image is a quick finger painting using some ink that I made wtih an iron-gall recipie!!! NOTE: YOU DO NOT GET ANY INK, JUST THE GALLS! From Wikipedia: The earliest recipes for oak gall ink come from Pliny the Elder, and are vague at best. Many famous and important manuscripts have been written using ferrous oak gall ink, including the Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest, most complete Bible currently known to exist, thought to be written in the middle of the fourth century.[7] Due to the ease of making iron gall ink and its quality of permanence and water resistance this ink became the favored one for scribes in the European corridor as well as around the Mediterranean Sea. Surviving manuscripts from the Middle Ages as well as the Renaissance bear this out as the vast majority are written using iron gall ink, the balance being written using lamp black or carbon black inks. Many drawings by Leonardo da Vinci were made with iron gall ink.[8] Laws were enacted in Great Britain and France specifying the content of iron gall ink for all royal and legal records to ensure permanence in this time period as well.
Price: 45 USD
Location: Modesto, California
End Time: 2024-12-30T22:48:23.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Handmade
Unit Type: oz
MPN: Oak Apple Iron Gall Ink
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Handmade: Yes
