The Bottega Basic Artist Box

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Our bespoke artist box offers a selection of the same materials and tools we use in our experiments, courses, and personal work. Our standard dark-stained wood boxes are 9.5 x7 x 2.5 inches with metal enclosures and are lined with Italian hand-marbled paper. Each box is unique. All boxes contain: 

1 ceramic mortar and pestle

1 small glass jar of powdered Gum Arabic

1 small glass jar of dried cochineal

1 goose quill

3 oak galls

1 piece of homemade vine charcoal/ vine black

1 small natural paintbrush

1 piece of genuine parchment

1 New England clam shell mixing dish 

1 iron nail

Recipes and Instructions for

1. Making a Quill Pen

2. Making vine black

3. Making Iron Gall Ink

4. Making Cochineal ink 

 Our boxes ship from the US, are made to order, and ship within 14 days of order.