How To Make Ink From Red Onion Skins - Part 1

Ink From Red Onion Skins - Part 1

Making inks from plants can be fun! I show you how I made ink at home from red onion skins.

00:00 Intro
00:44 What my plan is
01:36 Soaking the onion skins
04:18 Onto the hob to simmer
06:29 Test after 10 minutes simmering
07:16 Test after 20 minutes simmering
09:10 Strain the liquid to remove skins
10:21 Liquid back onto heat to reduce
11:03 End of simmer and final test
13:05 Strain liquid into jar
16:26 Looking at the test papers
17:45 Outro


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Using natural inks - how to make onion skin ink!
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