A Recipe for Pokeberry Ink
Hilton uses her pokeberry ink for watercolors, when a deep pink is desired. The pigment can fade in UV light, so Hilton recommends coating finished works with a UV fixative. Otherwise, over time, it will fade, which is in itself a thing of beauty.
photo by Hope Hilton, text by Rinne Allen for the New York Times: A Southern Recipe for Natural Ink
Hilton uses her pokeberry ink for watercolors, when a deep pink is desired. The pigment can fade in UV light, so Hilton recommends coating finished works with a UV fixative. Otherwise, over time, it will fade, which is in itself a thing of beauty.
photo by Hope Hilton, text by Rinne Allen for the New York Times: A Southern Recipe for Natural Ink