Oak gall ink creates a beautiful brown black ink that is made from tannic acids found within the galls. It was the standard ink formulation used historically in Europe dating back to the 5th century and remained in widespread use today.
Making Ink from Oak Galls, Appley Park, Ryde.
As part of Appley Day in October, Eleanor led a free, open-access workshop showing the process of making beautiful permanent ink from oak galls. In this outdoor woodland workshop, we looked at the importance of tree cover in our towns and cities and explored the patterns, shadows and shade they create to make experimental oak-gall ink drawings.
