Mica Powder Alcohol Inks

 

There's an old man face in there.  See it?  Ack!

I decided to make alcohol inks with mica powder. I used the method used at The Kraft Room to make them.  It is mica powder plus 91% isopropyl alcohol in a lil squirt bottle with a ball bearing or two inside to agitate the powder and liquid to very very temporarily become one (ish).  I tried making it with the addition of hairspray (someone else's video). Meh. Maybe they think it fixes it to the surface you apply it to?  It didn't do that with mine, so I skipped it.  THAT is the problem with both mixes for mica powder based metallic alcohol inks.  It goes onto the kraft plastic paper or yupo, BUT it will dry back to mica.  Meaning dust.  If you touch it, it will come off... unless... you spray it with Krylon.

Homemade metallic alcohol ink (mica powder alcohol ink) is not as vivid as the premade stuff.  Actually I think the non metallic homemade alcohol ink I made lacks punch.  I am going to make new inks with less alcohol. On the bright side my mica powder metallic ink was far more moveable than the premade stuff.  So there's that. Plus I enjoyed making it despite the asthma it induced.  So I call it a win since they work, I have a work around to get them to stick to the "paper" and I am having fun.  The pinpoint squeeze tip bottles are largely a fail.  They leak.  Very annoying.

Grrr.

 They are NOT a win. 

I made a little sampling of mini ink blots and I intend to make cards out of them.  Gifts for my friends.  I think they will like them.

 I made my husband admire each of them. Individually.  Plus I was up in my room stinking the house up with alcohol ink and breathing in enough to make myself somewhat high.  But not a fun high.😂  I don't deserve him. I bet he wishes I'd go back to stabbing wool, sewing my hair into fabric collage or water coloring.