Wallace Seymour's handmade inks are made using carefully selected natural ingredients and pigments, hand bound in a binder of gum tragacanth or gum arabic.
Non-waterproof, and can be diluted with water.
The ink paste can be diluted with water and expressed with brush or dip pen as required. (100ml jars with glass pipette)
Ideal for drawing and calligraphy.
£19.20 £18.24
Sepia Ink, made from Adriatic Cuttlefish
The ink sac found in the swim-bladder of the Cuttlefish yields a black brown "ink". The ink sac is carefully washed and dried, then ground to a fine powder. The material is then bound in a gel paste of Gum Arabic with preservative.
The ink paste can be diluted with water and expressed with brush or dip pen as required.
£9.10 £8.65
Wallace Seymour Liquid Indian Ink
Water based shellac binder. Dilutes with water. Permanent when dried.
£16.05 £15.25
Bistre Ink, from Birch and Beech Soot
Birch and Beech twigs are burnt and the resultant soot make a slightly tarry powder, which is then bound in a gel paste of Gum Arabic with preservative.
£9.10 £8.65
Gall Ink
Prepared from oak-galls, collected in the Essex countryside during Springtime. The oak-galls are reacted into an iron solution to give a soft brown-black solution, which is then bound in a gel paste of Gum Arabic with preservative.
£9.10 £8.65
Samuel Prout Drawing Ink
Prepared from brown coal, a basic form of Van Dyke Brown pigment, that is dissolved to a brown stain with distilled water. Makes beautiful gentle brown washes when diluted further with water. From an 18th Century recipe by the English watercolourist Samuel Prout.
£9.10 £8.65
Paris Red
Prepared from brown coal, dissolved to a brown stain with distilled water and lac dye. Makes beautiful gentle red-brown washes.
£9.10 £8.65
Paris Brown
Prepared from brown coal, dissolved to a brown stain with distilled water and Paris Blue pigment. Makes beautiful deep brown washes.
£9.10 £8.65
Wallace Seymour Paris Blue Liquid Ink
Prepared with Paris Blue pigment (water-soluble) immersed into gum arabic binder.
£9.10 £8.65
Weld - Reseda
The plant material is bound in a gel paste of Gum Arabic with preservative.
£9.10 £8.65
Yellow Wood - Fustic
The plant material is bound in a gel paste of Gum Arabic with preservative.
£16.05 £15.25
Madder Rose
The plant material is bound in a gel paste of Gum Arabic with preservative.
£9.10 £8.65
Indigo
The plant material is bound in a gel paste of Gum Arabic with preservative.
£9.10 £8.65
Brazil Wood The plant material is bound in a gel paste of Gum Arabic with preservative.
£9.10 £8.65
Log Wood
The plant material is bound in a gel paste of Gum Arabic with preservative.
£9.10 £8.65
Elderberry Ink.
The plant material is bound in a gel paste of Gum Arabic with preservative.
£9.10 £8.65
Vine Black
The plant material is bound in a gel paste of Gum Arabic with preservative.
£9.10 £8.65
Wallace Seymour Liquid Ink - Carmine, Genuine, Peru
£9.10 £8.65
Maya Green, from Indigo
The plant material is bound in a gel paste of Gum Arabic with preservative.
£9.10 £8.65
Wallace Seymour Manchester Iron Gall Liquid Ink
Collected on horseback from Withensaw Park the galls are then immersed in iron-rich water for many months.
£9.10 £8.65
Wallace Seymour Manchester Iron Gall with Gall Truffle Liquid Ink.
Collected on horseback from Withensaw Park the galls are then immersed in iron-rich water for many months. Keep the Truffle immersed as it will disperse more colour!
£9.10 £8.65
Wallace Seymour Kendal Green (Indigo+Stil de Grain) Liquid Ink
The traditional green textile dye colour as worn by Robin Hood. The plant material is bound in a gel paste of Gum Arabic with preservative.
£9.10 £8.65
Wallace Seymour Lac Dye Liquid Ink made from insect secretion
£9.10 £8.65
Wallace Seymour Mahogany Liquid Ink
Wood Stain, water-soluble.
£9.10 £8.65
Wallace Seymour Maya Blue Liquid Ink
Maya Blue from Indigo. The plant material is bound in a gel paste of Gum Arabic with preservative.
£9.10 £8.65
Wallace Seymour Walnut Liquid Ink
Walnut . Wood Stain. Water-soluble.
£16.05 £15.25
Madder Rose
The plant material is bound in a gel paste of Gum Arabic with preservative.