2,600 YEAR OLD Ink Medium - This is SO COOL!!

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[dreadreamer]

Fun fact: The grinding of the ink does play some purpose in the creative process. Master calligraphers will often sit and play their instrument to become inspired with an idea for their poem, then as they are grinding the ink, they compose the words for the poem they are about to write. Basically, the ink grinding itself can be part of the creative process.

[faus]

The script is an ancient Chinese script, called the "seal script" （篆書）, that is 3, 000 years old, popularized in the Qin （秦） dynasty. It reads ”五彩墨“, five-colored ink.

[veronicaswanson]

I'd like to see Jazza try this again with all the advice from the comments.

[artninjitsu]

I wouldn't mind seeing more experiments with historic painting mediums. I'd love to see what you do with ancient Egyptian pigments/binders.

[baasiix]

Instructions: *exist*

Jazza:...Yall hear something?

[TheGoopiestGoopa]

Everyone's heart dropped when he destroyed that white ink stick

[ADCArtAttack]

Hey look! Its those things!!! The things even I didnt know what they were 🤭

[trishsoren]

If I remember correctly, grinding the ink stones was to be "meditative", so the painter was in a calm, contemplative mood when starting to paint.

[susedianinso]

"No noise and no inkstone scratching indicates high-quality ink sticks" Jezza's setup: Inkstone Scratched AF and sounds like sandpaper grinding :D

[vshpvtr]

Looking at this kinda hurts my Chinese soul, we use rice paper (宣纸), as it is more absorbent and thinner. I personally had learnt ink drawing for a year or two, using them on rice paper and normal paper is two different experience. Btw he needs to rub the stick more for more consistent and darker colour. You usually have a pool of really concentrated colour, water it down for lighter colour, adding a drop or two of black ink to make it darker, having that 5 sticks really is enough to draw a colourful drawing with sense of depth.

[dannydanizz]

When you subscribed to Jazza, you've unknowingly signed a contract to be okay with whatever expensive art supplies he ruins.

[whlzzy]

The Chinese writing that he wrote is literally “ink”

[drsch]

Yeah, we mess with those in school in Taiwan. It's very terrifying to walk into a room and find your kids playing with them and it's all over the walls.

[zylithh]

The words on the inksticks are chinese, "五彩墨" meaning Five colored ink for writing. However it was written in an ancient chinese font which may be kinda hard to recognise.

[ajhb]

I’d like to see you revisit this medium after doing the proper research/getting rice paper

[TheWaterMarbler]

I died inside a little when you mutilated that poor white ink stick for no reason.

[depressedcheeseburger]

Imagine holding an ink medium, older than your country.

[ClokworkGremlin]

The use of ink sticks comes from actually a pretty simple principle: ink is an "expanding" type product, like Kool-Aid. Ink sticks could be manufactured in a workshop near the raw resources, and then boxed up and shipped en-masse to calligraphers, who already had a source of water nearby. So it makes sense to ship them dry, which also allows the ink to be shipped in relatively inexpensive and less durable packaging, and then allow the end-user to assemble the components into liquid ink.

I've had an inkstone on my wishlist for the better part of 2 years, but haven't had the disposable funds to throw at it yet.

[cyclingmaples]

The destruction of that white stick made me die a little in the inside

[LuminantLion]

"A quality inkstick should not scratch or damage the ink stone."
Jazza's ink stone: *is pale as a ghost after using*