Encres de plantes. antiquité in permanent interactivity

in permanent interactivity

the world was visible to man

hence the importance of the line

Collective translation

The Centre Pompidou is publishing a new

Encres de plantes. antiquité in permanent interactivityThis book presents the main possibilities for manufacturing black and colored inks, essentially from common plants in our regions. For each color, Elisabeth Dumont presents the corresponding plants, how to recognize them in nature and how to use them: first the historical recipes, which allow a journey into the sometimes very ancient history of ink manufacturing, then the recipes experimented by the author in her workshop and the range of colors