From Plant to Pigment: How to make your own vibrant inks, pastels and paints by Natalie Stopka vintage and couching

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From Plant to Pigment: How to make your own vibrant inks, pastels and paints by Natalie Stopka vintage and couchingThe many plants that surround and sustain us are rich with color. With a little alchemical know how, you can transform the brilliant hues of our botanical companions from liquid dye to granular pigment, supplying myriad artistic uses as paint, ink and pastel. Todays art suppliers are stocked with very refined and chemically pure colors. But for those of us seeking sustainability and ecological connection, they are very far removed from nature.