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Today we will going on the Pigment Road Trip to Cornwall to forage for pigments from the mineral rich soil
From the pop up studio in a shepherds hut on the Cornish Atlantic coast we will visit the various locations where I sourced pigments gathering a small zip lock bag from each location, that is plenty for my studio use. Warning that soil from old industrial sites can be contaminated and contain arsenic and mercury.
Yellow, red and purple iron oxide, a paintbox of coloured waste soil from the old 18th Century Tin Mines, discarded by the wealthy mine owners as they dug deep down out under the sea bed for the rich seams of tin and copper.
White China Clay from a St Austell quarry - for every kilo of clay extracted there are 6 kilos of waste. I found this clay in the waste material by the side of the quarry road
Green earth from the shale cliffs where the layers of geological strata are exposed by the waves
Black carboniferous pigment from 300 million year old tree ferns when we had a tropical climate found oozing out of a seam on a North Devon cliff
Red ochre in a quarry near Bristol that was used to paint bridges and ships to stop them rusting.
An overview of processing the pigments, making watercolours paints and the soya milk binder I developed to paint ground earth pigments natural fibres. See link in bio for more info.
painterliness of my work is further enhanced by my use of vintage linen and hemp - cloth that has an existing history and patina such as worn uneven areas, patching fraying holes seams that take up the pigment differently enriching the textural quality.
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From the pop up studio in a shepherds hut on the Cornish Atlantic coast we will visit the various locations where I sourced pigments gathering a small zip lock bag from each location, that is plenty for my studio use. Warning that soil from old industrial sites can be contaminated and contain arsenic and mercury.
Yellow, red and purple iron oxide, a paintbox of coloured waste soil from the old 18th Century Tin Mines, discarded by the wealthy mine owners as they dug deep down out under the sea bed for the rich seams of tin and copper.
White China Clay from a St Austell quarry - for every kilo of clay extracted there are 6 kilos of waste. I found this clay in the waste material by the side of the quarry road
Green earth from the shale cliffs where the layers of geological strata are exposed by the waves
Black carboniferous pigment from 300 million year old tree ferns when we had a tropical climate found oozing out of a seam on a North Devon cliff
Red ochre in a quarry near Bristol that was used to paint bridges and ships to stop them rusting.
An overview of processing the pigments, making watercolours paints and the soya milk binder I developed to paint ground earth pigments natural fibres. See link in bio for more info.
painterliness of my work is further enhanced by my use of vintage linen and hemp - cloth that has an existing history and patina such as worn uneven areas, patching fraying holes seams that take up the pigment differently enriching the textural quality.
3 @landartcollective instagram takeover @susiekoren
Please DM or visit my website for more info.
& Sign up to my newsletter for studio updates exhibitions & workshops (links in bio)
#earthmaterials #earthpigments #foragingpigments #geology #rocks #bideford #redochre #tinmines #cornishtincoast #shepherdhut #popupstudios #pigments #naturalpigments #contemporaryfiberartist #contemporarystitch #contemporaryart #slowstitching #slowstitch
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