The legacy of traditional Indonesian ink: its intensity and durability
In Indonesia, the traditional ink also known as mangsi gentur is obtained indigenously by burning kerosene fuel to produce soot. Soot as a carbon source is admixed with sticky rice as a binding agent and then diluted with purified water. The only traditional ink workshop preserving the legacy o...
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| Language: | English |
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Eduardo Pulido
2014
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/39218/1/0608_186_MANDANA_%26_RAZAK_ICOM-CC_2014.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/39218/ http://www.icom-cc2014.org/papers.aspx |
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| Summary: | In Indonesia, the traditional ink also known as
mangsi gentur is obtained indigenously by burning
kerosene fuel to produce soot. Soot as a carbon
source is admixed with sticky rice as a binding
agent and then diluted with purified water. The only
traditional ink workshop preserving the legacy of
this tradition is located in Peuteuy Condong Village,
Cianjur, West Java province. The manufacturing
process and ink characteristic analysis were carried
out in order to examine the ink’s permanency
and other properties. This preliminary investigation
was conducted using a viscometer, an optical
microscope and advanced field emission scanning
electron microscopy (FESEM) to identify the ink’s
quality as well as its characteristics on two different
substrates: Magnani Platinum paper and daluang
paper. At constant temperature, the ink is fairly
stable and may last for as long as a year without
the formation of any insoluble deposit. |
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