“The inkstones we use are round and its sometimes really difficult to get the ink out of the corners”
HA ha !!!!!!!!!!!!
OK, if it was not that I knew what you meant this sounded very funny.
So, cleaning ink stones. I have one that is over 170 years old. It is a dragon moonstone inkstone. It was given to me by a very old Calligrapher in China I spent some time talking with in 2016. By the very nature of the stone spots it holds ink.
Do not worry about it. If a simple washing up kitchen brush, soft plastic doesnt move the ink under running water dont worry.
EVEN IF the base bowl of the ink stone is covered in soot, soot will scour soot. Soot will make soot ink. Carbon is sharp.
Dont worry too much.
NONE of my inkstones have FLAT BASES.
So a cleaning stone is no good. And if you are wearing down the top layer of your inkstone you are killing it slowly.
Making it thinner and thinner.
BE WARNED – BE CAREFUL WITH WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
Even if the bowl of the inkstone is starting to go black do not worry. Irt will still age well and the making of fresh ink sill always slowly sand down the surface moving the old ink soot.
It is the nature of ABRASION.
Be intelligent about this.
You WILL kill your stone otherwise.
Be careful.
OVERNIGHT SOAKING.
The inkstone below is a beautiful carved Moonstone Dragon Inknstone.
I have soaked this overnight and later Ill include the results of simply soaking an inkstone and using a soft sponge to clean off the “expanded” gluey ink.
#HowToCleanInkstone
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