Category: Pigment Experiment
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Colours of Onion skins
Onion skins were one of the first sources of kitchen scraps that I began experimenting with, at a time when the COVID pandemic immobilized most of our lives, and while I also ran out of my usual paints. Yes, my foray into natural colours took place when I realized that…
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Hibiscus flower Dye and Lake Pigment
It was the first week of the WHO declaring Covid-19 a pandemic. The governor of California had announced the state’s very first two-week lockdown and asked everyone in the state to ‘hunker down at home’. All shops (except essentials) were shut for in-store purchases and I was particularly weary of…
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Natural Hues
Natural dyes age, and that’s okay! A quick view of how natural dyes and pigments age with time and conditions of exposure. Swipe to see changes Making of dyes and pigments Natural dyes extracted and used as inks and lake pigments :Avocado skins and stones, Black beans, Red Cabbage, Jamun…
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