If you haven't already noticed, I am a "I'd-rather-learn-to-make-it-than-pay-someone-else" kind of person. So after learning blacksmithing in order to make hinges and nails for my woodworking, it was an easy decision to learn how to work in silver. Notice that I said the decision was easy. The learning was anything but. Fortunately, I had a... Continue Reading →
Goldilocks and the Iron Gall Ink: an Experiment with Three Conditions of Oak Galls
Background On my evening walks, I pass a certain oak tree. This oak is remarkable for the number of oak galls which fall from it every year. I began picking up the galls with the thought of learning to make iron gall ink for the benefit of my friends and others who do calligraphy. Over... Continue Reading →
