For the last few weeks I have been collecting pigment from the earth of Downland woodland. This comes in various guises – from clay bases to sand, to pebbles to sodden mud. However all of these earths are beginning to […]
Blue has always eluded artists. Lapis Lazuli was one of the first blues available for use after huge processing. But not a ‘native’ rock to the UK. In fact, there is very little blue available in the UK for pigment. […]
And so the first ink making has started. It seemed sensible to start creating a stock of black as this is used readily across a variety of print media. Black, as I have been finding out, can be made from […]