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It might depend on the formulation of the paste. Any picture? was it in an airtight container? how old is it?
While not a direct answer, there are some notes here – as noted in the article and someone also answered on facebook the oil may have separated, so if it is not completely solid it could be possible to mix some oil back in.
“Hui Chi Yeung mix it with some walnut oil. just one or two drops and stir it. maybe olive oil is also ok.”
and you can replace the paste, there are range of red refills from Jiang SiXu Tang including an aged appearance which might meet your needs:
Animal glue has a history of over 6,000 years, made from animal skin, bones etc.
In fact ancient chinese ink was made from pine soot and animal glue, for example buffalo horn.Hide glue from animal skin is fairly neutral PH whereas bone glue is more acidic.
The easy water solubility in water together with the neutral PH makes hide glue a preferred choice for working with sensitive materials and delicate woodwork such as veneer and marquetry and delicate musical instruments such as violins: the glue needs to be non damaging and easily removable to be able to open and repair the violin.In artistic use, rabbit-skin glue can be used as a binder or thickener for paint and is the traditional binding ingredient in gesso. You can also use it when mixing your own colours.
It can also be used with alum as an ingredient for sizing paper for gongbi style painting.look at the scale of these bamboos:
When you just see the snapshots on the computer you can’t appreciate the scale.
Some of the Zhao Mengfu paintings are so busy because of all the collectors seals!
this one is a bit cleaner:
For comparison with the photos, Huangshan in paintings by Liu Haisu:
exhibition just started at National Art Museum of China in Beijing, courtesy of China Daily, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/art/2017-11/06/content_34189190.htm
Well the wooden brush hangers are nicer than plastic:
https://www.inkston.com/shops/accessories/brush-hanger/
Thank you kindly for the information. I have found that each paper has it’s own characteristic and I can get a variety of results depending on the brush, the ink concentration, and the pressure I apply on the various papers. Thank you for offering the sample pack, as it gives me opportunity to try new papers and techniques. dd
$37.7 million USD was the final sale price for this bowl…. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/03/1000-year-old-china-song-dynasty-bowl-sells-for-record-377m
Yes exactly… and there are some papers of different hues such as the walnut aged appearance:
https://www.inkston.com/shop/paper/inkston-extra-fine-45-light-yellow-xuan-paper/
and the decorated papers: https://www.inkston.com/stories/guides/mounted-xuan-papers/ which are also quite traditional – that is to make use of a coloured background, not necessarily that background detail should be painted.
I also like the pictures where the background is entirely implied: https://www.inkston.com/stories/art/waina-%E8%96%87%E5%A8%9C-calligraphic-wildlife-painting-gallery/#&gid=psgalmain&pid=1 or suggested with a stroke:
Other times, other styles a background is needed and that can be great too…
Oh I see what you mean – lovely picture but a bit too big for my screen too.
To get the best result:
- Move the mouse to one of the corners of the picture, the mouse pointer should change to a resize arrow, here you can click and resize
- Add a link to zoom the image:
- right-click on the picture to get the address of the picture (for example open in a new window and copy the address)
- select the picture and add a link (Insert, Insert/Edit link from the menu or click on the link button), when the dialog appears, enter the address for the picture.
I’ve just done this on this picture: https://www.inkston.com/community/forums/topic/what-did-you-paint-today/#post-14930 and now it fits on the screen and it is also possible to zoom right in.
However it might also be just a good and simpler solution to make the picture smaller before uploading.
Actually there was a discussion about this before on the Inkston Facebook page but it’s difficult to find:Rona Conti Handiwipes. I do not think there is anything in the unscented kind which reacts with the stone.Inkston Just wondering what if people want to use a different colour seal paste. Then, it would be important to clean the old seal paste.Rona Conti The seal paste should always be cleaned whether changing color or not. Dried seal paste will ruin the seal.Maria Norma Herrera Papp Use an old toothbrush to clean between spaces, after you wipe the seal with tissue paper. Remember, also, to Go around the seal on the four sides or around the chop.There are lots of videos on Suminagashi, although that technique is not intended to create homogeneous colour.
Regarding the strength of the paper when wet as Thomas comments, the grade of paper will make a difference: Wenzhou and Xuan papers use different types of tree bark, however the proportion of bark fibre also varies a lot: the highest grade Xuan paper is 85% bark whereas some papers are 8% or 16% bark which means they are >80% rice straw.
Perhaps a background wash might work better on double-layer or triple layer paper, or the card-mounted papers – otherwise choose pre-coloured paper as many of the card mounted and decorated papers are already coloured.
Single-layer raw xuan paper isn’t intended for wash style techniques, the best one could do would be a full bath as Thomas suggests.We asked on the internet to get more information about Fusible interfacing and got one reply from an aerospace engineer:
“I have never spectrally verified its composition, but have utilized it enough to know it is likely a typical acrylic hot melt glue, of the lower melting point variety.
It should in fact work very well with paper. If the paper is finished and has a silicone glosser on it, it might not stick well. But most glossy paper varnishes should aid in hot melt bonding. If you try to fuse unfinished paper, it might be so porous as to draw molten glue away from the bondline. This is ok for making a strong bond unless this capillary action starves the join line. Your exposure time and temp of your iron matter, but i expect you will develope skill quickly once you learn to recognize these possibilities.
Practice on something unimportant before using it on priceless photos or scrapbook items.” [or your precious artwork..]
