How to Turn Soot into Precious Ink Sticks | NO TALKING

Solid ink sticks are the go-tos for painters in China, but to make them, artisans have to spend more than a year collecting ash, pounding, moulding, and painting each bar by hand. This laborious process means many think ink sticks are more precious than gold. We visited a master in Anhui province to see how they are made.
00:00 Collecting ash by burning candles
01:14 Mixing and pounding with glue
03:30 Shaping the ink sticks
05:16 Decorating with paints
This video is a continuation of our Fly on the Wall series - that’s zero talking👂🏼for full ASMR satisfaction.
Want to know more? We’ve got the in-depth commentary version here:
Ink Sticks More Precious Than Gold | Artisans E3
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Videographer: Patrick Wong
Editor and mastering: Victor Peña
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[@Goldthread]

Want to know more🤩? Here’s the deeper commentary version of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2bOm5lrnKaibpY

[@miaomiaochan]

This is not glamorous work, but it is honest work.

[@KertaDrake]

This whole thing is really the very definition of how "Just because you can do something an easier way, it doesn't mean you should."

[@BenjiSun]

soot(煤煙), not ash(灰). easiest way to tell is soot goes up, ash falls down. oils(aka hydrocarbons) burns upwards and the residue is soot, carbon source burns down and that residue is ash.

[@BenjiSun]

thanks for editing the title.

[@kumbackquatsta]

magical, even the second time around

[@w462dh]

This channel deserves more views and subscribers!

[@charlottesmom]

My mom and dad had one of these ink sticks and some brushes way back in the 70’s when I was a kid, I remember playing around with them painting animals. I wish I knew what happened to them! 😢

[@mapuanakupuna3471]

Wow!! Very interesting!

[@rolandabellano]

Respect!

[@NielsLieman]

Very interesting. If you would post a naarated version later I would watch again since I have many questions.

[@Goldthread]

Thank you! We did make a commentary version, check it out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2bOm5lrnKaibpY

[@iranmaia91]

What is the name and ingredients of that glue that is mixed in the soot?

[@maloryj7165]

It's glue made from cowhide.

[@brandnewayurveda1835]

Its Called "Saras" In sanskrit.

[@sinoroman]

how to entice young people to take on traditional crafts?

[@usamanasher3900]

They would just live with the idea... I don't think they would be serious enough to take up on a challenge like this.

[@isaacgraff8288]

soot and hide glue. I understand that it is far more complicated than that but those appear to be the basic ingredients.

[@rockys7726]

That's pure carbon they're breathing. I wonder if it's carcinogenic.

[@exequiellopez4024]

Yes, it is.

[@superkd7030]

That's why they have masks when they deal with the powder, after that it can't get into your lungs. Such an stupid excuse to pick on it.

[@rockys7726]

@@superkd7030 Are those masks certified for particulates? There's no way it filters out 100%. It's not stupid when you get lung cancer.