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 How were the different hues achieved?
To color the inks,
we used logwood, indigo, mango and tea. The plants were boiled in tap
water and acids and bases were added to change the colors. For example,
logwood creates a blood red solution, although it will change to blue
in alkaline solutions and to yellow-orange in highly acidic solutions.
We used a range of
colored inks on our Rough Science paper. We made brushes out of Ellen's
hair and used Acacia seed pods as ink pens.
Web Links
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Paper:
Paper
on the Hampden-Sydney College, Department of Chemistry site
Handmade
Paper on the Exploratorium site
The
Prairie Paper Project on the University of Iowa Computer Science site
Ink:
How
to make iron gall ink on the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and
Sciences site
Recipes
for old writing and drawing inks on the Arkansas State University
site
Books
Papermaking
with Plants: Creative Recipes and Projects Using Herbs, Flowers, Grasses,
and Leaves by Helen Hiebert, Storey Publishing 1998; ISBN: 1580170870
Handmade Paper by Maureen Richardson , Apple Press 1999; ISBN:
1840922257
Making Paper by Hand by John Sweetman, pub Wells, Somerset : Wookey
Hole Caves Ltd.1977
Dyer's Garden: From Plant to Pot: Growing Dyes for Natural Fibers
by Rita Buchanan, pub Interweave Press 1995 ; ISBN: 1883010071
Nature of the Islands: Plants and Animals of the Eastern Caribbean
by Virginia Barlow, Cruising Guide Publications 1993; ISBN: 0944428134
General information about tropical plants and their uses: Tropical
Forests and Their Crops by Nigel J.H. Smith, J.T. Williams, Donald
L. Plucknett and Jennifer P. Talbot, pub Cornell University Press 1992;
ISBN: 0801427711(Discusses general groupings of useful plants)
Botany for Gardeners: An Introduction and Guide by Brian Capon,
B.T. Batsford 1992; ISBN: 0713472529 (A good general text on how plants
function)
A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest
South America: (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru): With Supplementary Notes)
by Alwyn H. Gentry and Adrian B. Forsyth, University of Chicago Press1996;
ISBN: 0226289443 (An excellent resource on learning to identify tropical
plants in the field/forest)
Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and
Cosmetics by Albert Y. Leung and Steven Foster. 1995 John Wiley &
Sons Inc; ISBN: 0471508268
Fruits and Vegetables of the Caribbean by M.J.Bourne, G.W. Lennox,
and S.A. Seddon, Caribbean Publishing 1988, ISBN: 0333453115
Trees of the Caribbean
by S.A. Seddon, Caribbean Publishing 1980 ; ISBN: 0333287932
Nature of the Islands:
Plants and Animals of the Eastern Caribbean by Virginia Barlow, Cruising
Guide Publications 1993; ISBN: 0944428134 This book has all the plants
we used, plus information about the ecology of the area.
A couple of children's
books:
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynn
Cherry, pub 2000 Voyager Books; ISBN: 0152026142
El Gran Capoquero: UN Cuento De LA Selva Amazonica by Lynn Cherry,
translated by Alma Ada, 1994 Harcourt; ISBN: 0152323201
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