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Tag Archives: close to home

Plant pigment

27 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by Pia in Painting, Pigment, Plant Dyeing, Show-and-tell

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close to home, colour, crafts, DIY, garden, mordant, nature, plants, primitivepaints, scruffyartsupplies, summer

Five years ago I did a brief test of concentrated plant dye baths to see what they were like as watercolours. I didn’t add anything to it as I recall and I’m not sure where my sample is now!

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More on local art supplies

13 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by Pia in Garden, Plant Dyeing, Show-and-tell

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close to home, colour, country life, crafts, DIY, dyeing, mordant, nature, plants

During an investigation into using dry pigments and beeswax for painting rather than oilpaints, which I’m not enjoying, I’d been reading about making lake pigments and thought it would be fun to give it a try. These are pigments from plants as opposed to rock/earth/metal based colours, and since I already had some remedies as well as dried plant materials for dyeing wool, it wasn’t too much trouble to give it a try.

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Micro foraging for art supplies

23 Monday Jul 2018

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Garden, Plant Dyeing, Show-and-tell, Thoughts

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close to home, country life, creativity, inner conviction, inspiration, intention, life, seasons, summer, weather

cikorie
valmuer
petals
dock
tidseldun
jarsofseeds

It hasn’t rained here in 3 months and has been unusually hot too, so most blooming things are over and done with if they have even survived. I’m glad I didn’t make a dye garden this year, as the cost of watering would have been massive.

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