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<p>started article</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Charcoal&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[plant]] (usually [[wood]]) or [[animal]] material (usually dung or [[bone]]s) that is heated to high temperatures in the absense of oxygen. The items do not burn; they instead char.<br /> <br /> =Charcoal as a fuel=<br /> Charcoal, as a fuel, burns hotter and cleaner than its raw counterpart.<br /> <br /> =Charcoal in the [[arts]]=<br /> Charcoal can be used for [[drawing]] and for making [[black]] [[pigment]]s.<br /> <br /> ==To make charcoal drawing sticks==<br /> *Wood (especially willow) is used to make drawing sticks.<br /> *Take well-dried out straight twigs and place them in a fire-proof baking dish. Cover tightly, but not air-tight.<br /> *Place the baking dish under hot coals, or in a very hot oven. Let the dish sit until the coals are cooled, or in an oven for several hours.<br /> *Carefully remove the dish. If enough oxygen was kept from the sticks, you should have suitable charcoal drawing sticks.<br /> <br /> Vine charcoal is available in most art supply stores and is [[period]] as the process used to make vine charcoal drawing sticks remains largely unchanged since [[medieval]] times, though to process is now industrialized.<br /> <br /> ==To make charcoal pigment==<br /> *Animal bones, wood, [[fruit]] pits shells and [[nut]] shells can be used for this process.<br /> *Take the charcoal from the above process and grind it well.<br /> *You will have a black pigment that is known in modern and medieval times as &#039;&#039;&#039;carbon black&#039;&#039;&#039; (or &#039;&#039;&#039;bone black&#039;&#039;&#039; if using bones, &#039;&#039;&#039;ivory black&#039;&#039;&#039; if using ivory). <br /> <br /> ==To make compressed charcoal sticks==<br /> *After you have ground the charcoal into a fine powder, add to this a mixture of water and gum arabic.<br /> *Work the mixture until you have a stiff paste.<br /> *Shape the mixture into round or square-shaped bars. Let dry.<br /> *When the bars are dried, you will have compressed charcoal sticks.<br /> <br /> Compressed black charcoal is available in most art supply stores and is also period as the process has remained largely unchanged since medieval times (except for the industrialization again).<br /> <br /> [[category:arts]]<br /> [[category:materials (medieval)]]</div>

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