Author: magnify

The discovery of ink occurred around 4,500 years ago in Egypt and China. In Egypt, scribes initially used reed pens with ink to write on papyrus scrolls. Around the same time, in ancient China, ink was used in calligraphy and brush painting. The exact processes of discovery are not documented, but it’s likely that people noticed the permanent nature of certain pigments when mixed with a binder and began to experiment. The traditional method of making ink varied by culture and period, but generally involved combining a pigment with a binder to ensure the pigment’s adhesion to paper or other…