Info about incence making - what to prepare

Hi everyone,

On Thursday we'll have [how to make incense] workshop. We'll make 2 types of incense:

- Charcoal based cone incense (combustible incense)
- Neriko - Japanese kneaded incense (non-combustible incense)

You can bring your preferred smelly materials for the workshop. They should be dried and powdered already. How much to prepare actually depends on the materials, but let's say something like 2 to 4 table spoon (powdered). Please remember that the raw materials should be fragrant enough. There is a limitation to the numbers of mortars, so let's see how we organize it - we'll perhaps give priority to the students who have materials directly connected to the mini-project.

If you want to know more about the possibilities of incense and incense making, these are good resources.

General info about incense
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incense

How to make incense
http://www.scents-of-earth.com/makyourownna.html

How to make incense - ehow
http://www.ehow.com/how_7540_make-incense.html

How to make incense sticks
http://sjamaanopklompen.com/frameset_uk_bamboe.htm
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-Incense-sticks/


If you want to continue with oil/vodka extraction on Thursday, that's also fine.
Please feel free to call me 06-54 65 80 54 for any questions.

See you on Thu.!

Maki

Where to Get the Supplies II

Just to share my experiences, here is the list of the places that I often check-out for the aromatic materials and mini-lab supplies.

city shopping streets / center

• Dille & Kamille: for kitchen tools, tin-cans, glass jars and bottles
• XENOS: for tin-cans, glass jars and bottles
• Marskramer: for plastic bags (ziplock), candle, diffuser
• HEMA: for kitchen containers
• De Tuinen: for essential oil, aroma diffuser
• apotheek (pharmacy): for empty brown bottles (10ml, 30ml, 100ml, etc), atomizer (spray), odor-free waselin, odor-free talk powder
• toko: for aromatic ingredients, plastic (disposable) plates and containers
• DIY: for materials
• Drogisterij De Lang (pharmacy in Rotterdam Zuid): for chemical supplies, lab-supplies, essential (natural/synthetic) oils, how-to books
  

Nevertheless web-shop is always the best!

online shops:

Some more links in addition to the past post Where to Get the Supplies I

waar te krijgen chemisch spullen (where to get chemical supplies)
http://www.thuisexperimenteren.nl/chemicalien/waarspullen.htm

De Hekserij chemische spullen
http://www.hekserij.nl/

Brouwland
http://www.brouwland.com/

BUYSEN benodigheden
http://members.home.nl/buysen/winkelchemie.html#chemicali%EBn

etherische olie winkel
http://www.anthemis.nl/

DAY 2: Kodo - Japanese incense game

Kodo is a Japanese traditional art of olfactory game.

more information about Kodo:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dd%C5%8D
http://www.japan-zone.com/culture/kodo.shtml


Maki-style Kodo demonstration, 02/02/10










Theme of the game: a poem by Basho

An ancient pond
A frog plunges
The sound of water

Incense used:
smell 1: Juniper tree
smell 2: Shoko (Japanese temple incense)
smell 3: Frankinsence from Oman
smell -: Jinko (Japanese incense often used in Kodo)

Participants:
Team A: Ivan, Huan, Pablo, Maki
Team B: Melissa, Orfan, Jelle, James

Rule:
After the each round of smelling, participants guessed which smell it was. The team that made more correct answeres was allowed to let the frog 'jump' once. The team with the frog that jumped further away from the start line wins.

Winner:
Team A

DAY 2: How smell and taste works

[taste]

How taste works
http://health.howstuffworks.com/taste.htm

How taste works - from molecular gastronomy perspectives
http://khymos.org/pairings.php

Tatse map of the tongue
http://www.musingsonthevine.com/tips_pai.shtml

[smell]

How smell works - general info page
http://health.howstuffworks.com/smell.htm

What causes a smell?
http://health.howstuffworks.com/question139.htm

About the organ
http://www.senseofsmell.org/feature/smell101/lesson1/01.php

Sense of Smell Institute: Abundant resources about the sense of smell
http://www.senseofsmell.org/

DAY 1: Today's Topics

01/02/10

Wine Aroma Wheel
http://www.winearomawheel.com/




Foodpairing
http://www.foodpairing.be

Foodpairing in a general context: Molecular Gastronomy
http://khymos.org/

Smell Map of Rotterdam: the smell-extracting workshop that I gave at Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam
http://scent-lab.blogspot.com/search/label/%5BSMELL%20MAP%5D

olfactory (experimental) project by Usman Haque, media artist
http://www.haque.co.uk/scentsofspace.php

NEA - Nederland Vereniging voor geur- en smaakstoffenfabrikanten
http://www.nea-nederland.nl/
Nea Nederland: NEA biedt u informatie over de geur- en smaakstoffenindustrie.

Smelly Blogs

http://firstnerve.com/
smelly blog by Avery Gilbert, smell scientist

and offcourse...

http://scent-lab.blogspot.com
blog by Maki Ueda

Where to Get the Supplies I

Labstuff
http://www.labstuff.nl/
Breedspoor 64
Capelle a/d ijssel
Nederland
2908 AA
Telefoon: 010-4427644 / 06-24409864
Fax: 010-4427644
E-mailadres: stirling@box.nl

It's a great online-shop that offers diverse materials. You can also make an appointment to visit the place in Capelle a/d Ijssel (next to Rotterdam). By doing so you can find 2nd-hand lab equipments as well.

Drogisterij De Lang
http://www.drogisterijdelang.nl/
Groene Hilledijk 292B
3074 AG Rotterdam
Nederland
Telefoon / fax : +31(0)104190913

It's an online-shop as well as 'drogist' located in Rotterdam Zuid. What they have on the online-shop could be found at the shop too.

PDF to read

[PDF to read]
"The Smell Report - an overview of facts and findings -"
by Kate Fox
(also available in PDF format)
http://www.sirc.org/publik/smell.html