Plant-ink


Mixture of Indigo pigment from Indigo plant and arabic gum
The grains of the pigment have to be smashed with this special glass tool, so that the ink stays fluid.
The amount of ink is very small, as the mixing process doesn't allow to make a lot.
Plant ink applied into the silkscreen printing process.
The result consists of maximum 10 copies of print.
For these prints I used Indigo and Rubia Tinctoria pigments.
Colours are live with unique characteristics and texture.

Much thanks to Naan Rijks and Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier.