Inkstick. Rectangular in shape and with a flat surface, an inkstick is made of the soot from burnt pinewood or oils. It can be reddish, gray, brownish, golden, or silver. Bear in mind that the quality of your ink stick will impact how your calligraphy turns out. The inkstick or Sumi.
Like the sumi ink sticks, you have to grind them on an ink stone. Use a different ink stone for each color and make sure you use rather inexpensive ink stones, as these pigments, some of them minerals, are abrasive. For smaller quantities of color you can rub the stick directly on the white mixing plate.
Glue both pieces together, press them against each other firmly, and remove all the excess glue before it dries out. If you leave the excess glue there, it will be mixed with the ink during grinding, and may affect ink spreading character, its colour, etc. Figure 6. Glue excess needs to wiped clean off the ink surface.
Suzuri Stone Sumi Set (SWS600) This set contains two sumi brushes (SW1 and CC3), one sumi ink stick and one Suzuri stone in a beautiful paper box. Includes an instruction sheet with detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to grind ink on a suzuri stone and how to paint a classic sumi bamboo painting. Instructions also include QR codes for
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