Absolutely amazing! After seeing Liziqi use her ink stone, ink stick and brush in calligraphy on paper she made, I could see the artistic skill used in every piece that was used. Especially after watching your video on the ink stones and the excellent workmanship that goes into making those, this video compliments that one perfectly in the materials, work and artistic detail that goes into making quality ink sticks. Hopefully you will continue with the Four Treasures of the Study in the making of the brushes and paper! Thank you so much! 😃👋👋
Yeah dude of course they are. Of course there's not a better thing to use, they're putting TC medicine in ink, you think you'll convince them to just skip the bear bile? Good luck. Also if you've ever seen black bile, it's really black like scary looking black so it probably does add to the depth and opacity but... yeah i thought the exact same thing too. Poor bears.
Waiting for the day you offer some of these beautifully crafted items to the rest of the world... where your website offering these so those of us who can't travel to China can give support your company and the artist... you have so many amazing artists that you introduce to us, some needs funds yet you don't even offer a link to them so we can support their work...
beautiful, but the use of bear bile is troubling. I have a hard time believing that it's effect on the end product is worth the cost of suffering and conservation, if it can't be omitted, perhaps a suitable substitute can be found?
@@rickrollrizal really? Can you provide me with your personal background info on this or perhaps mention where you found this info? I'm harshly against bear bile but I love ink drawing as a hobby. You'd help me greatly :)!
They don't really. You can see small flecks of the decorations when you grind the ink, but they don't really come out in the writing. They're ground too small when you grind the ink on the stone.
i thought of a video idea. can you guys do a video tutorial of how to open Asian ingredients properly? an example is kwong hung seng sauce. do you cut that little blue cap or used a tool to open the whole cap? LOL
It was interesting until it discussed using bear bile , those bears are locked in cages for many years with tubes inserted into them to extract the bile. It’s constant pain for them and they go crazy locked away like that. I sopped watching at that point . I respect the tradition of it and what they are doing but I think there is probably a kinder alternative to use these days.
Now, I'm convinced of the power of America. He wears a Nike knitted cap, not Li-Ning. Chinese people should make effort to promote everything home-grown.
you make it like chinese are forbidden to use american brand... it's up to him what he want to wear. and in chinese brand like ANTA is more popular than lining.
as i grow older i start to search, learn and trying to appreciate my own heritages, as i work in art field, it is really disheartening to see many young chinese still promoting none their own but japanese - samurai pop culture, they are losing their identity, and chinese government are inadvertently taking the blame in this process, with their strict stupid rules of what are allowed thus stifling creativities, also lacks of IP protections making people not appreciating genuine idea, just look at their movies nowadays, full of stupid incoherent plots
Ok I watched it almost all the way until you started painting shit all over the place American style. If your product was the one. It would need no branding.
Absolutely amazing! After seeing Liziqi use her ink stone, ink stick and brush in calligraphy on paper she made, I could see the artistic skill used in every piece that was used. Especially after watching your video on the ink stones and the excellent workmanship that goes into making those, this video compliments that one perfectly in the materials, work and artistic detail that goes into making quality ink sticks. Hopefully you will continue with the Four Treasures of the Study in the making of the brushes and paper! Thank you so much! 😃👋👋
This is literally so satisfying, I almost want to eat them.
It is edible as a medicine also 😅 . But you have to carefully choose the brand …
3:19 aren't there any alternatives to bear bile? From what I've understood aren't bear bile farms really harmful?
Yeah dude of course they are. Of course there's not a better thing to use, they're putting TC medicine in ink, you think you'll convince them to just skip the bear bile? Good luck. Also if you've ever seen black bile, it's really black like scary looking black so it probably does add to the depth and opacity but... yeah i thought the exact same thing too. Poor bears.
It's China. Japanese ink makers don't use bear bile
Guess how much one piece costs?
I don't know, but whatever it is, they earn every bit. They put their heart and soul into their hard work.
I have no idea, but I’m sure they considered the effort put on every piece.
around $100-$200 per stick?
About 10 to 15 bear lives each
$500-$1,000
Waiting for the day you offer some of these beautifully crafted items to the rest of the world... where your website offering these so those of us who can't travel to China can give support your company and the artist... you have so many amazing artists that you introduce to us, some needs funds yet you don't even offer a link to them so we can support their work...
This is a great video about the process. Thanks for making it!
Sorry to correct you, but it is not exactly ash. It is soot.
Very cool 😎
what amazing craftsmanship!
Never complaining about the price of ink again 0.0
This looks very cool, and I was looking forward to getting an ink stick and trying it, until they mentioned bear bile as an ingredient.
ugh I'm vegan and I LOVE sumi-e as a hobby right now, this stinks
More like soot. Or maybe soot is a variant of ash...
Yeah, it's pine soot
Casually mentioning bear bile 👀 cruel shit
What’s the name of the ink factory in the video so I can buy from it?
beautiful, but the use of bear bile is troubling. I have a hard time believing that it's effect on the end product is worth the cost of suffering and conservation, if it can't be omitted, perhaps a suitable substitute can be found?
Go buy Japanese ink sticks instead. They don't use bear bile
I can be omitted.
Japan makes the same ink sticks but without the bloody cruelty.
@@rickrollrizal really? Can you provide me with your personal background info on this or perhaps mention where you found this info? I'm harshly against bear bile but I love ink drawing as a hobby. You'd help me greatly :)!
How about soot instead of ash
wont the decorations in gold and red affect the black ink when you grind in those parts?
They don't really. You can see small flecks of the decorations when you grind the ink, but they don't really come out in the writing. They're ground too small when you grind the ink on the stone.
i thought of a video idea. can you guys do a video tutorial of how to open Asian ingredients properly? an example is kwong hung seng sauce. do you cut that little blue cap or used a tool to open the whole cap? LOL
Not "Ash" but "Soot"
I have one of their ink sticks
This looks so cool, but my lungs could not😩
My question is have they ever considered incorporating perishable squid ink?
Those aren't sustainable or easy to get in large quantities
It was interesting until it discussed using bear bile , those bears are locked in cages for many years with tubes inserted into them to extract the bile. It’s constant pain for them and they go crazy locked away like that. I sopped watching at that point . I respect the tradition of it and what they are doing but I think there is probably a kinder alternative to use these days.
Music is too loud.
Would use a mechine will sage time and money
Its not ash that they collect. It's the soot.
I think it's soot not ash
It's not ash, its soot
Now they're getting destroyed by online shopping cheap products
- а ја ти некада мислим да јапанци пуно претјерују
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look hazardous as fook
Now, I'm convinced of the power of America. He wears a Nike knitted cap, not Li-Ning. Chinese people should make effort to promote everything home-grown.
But the Nike cap has been probably made locally and most probably never entered a Nike shop or Nike inventory...
you make it like chinese are forbidden to use american brand... it's up to him what he want to wear. and in chinese brand like ANTA is more popular than lining.
@@xmb6793 American presidents promote, " buy American". So, it's ok to promote "buy Korean", or buy,"made in India", etc.
I didn't say don't buy made in USA. I said promote buying local.
as i grow older i start to search, learn and trying to appreciate my own heritages, as i work in art field, it is really disheartening to see many young chinese still promoting none their own but japanese - samurai pop culture, they are losing their identity, and chinese government are inadvertently taking the blame in this process, with their strict stupid rules of what are allowed thus stifling creativities, also lacks of IP protections making people not appreciating genuine idea, just look at their movies nowadays, full of stupid incoherent plots
I will purchase anything from Japan. I've realized that no matter what, they make a good product. Cancer aside.
"Japan" Lmao
Ok I watched it almost all the way until you started painting shit all over the place American style. If your product was the one. It would need no branding.
Dude, you really didn't understand traditional Chinese aesthetics then...