by Susan E. Gordon known in the SCA as Jehanne Bening
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| Period Pigments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I recreated this "Blessing Christ" from folio 3r of the Godescalc Evangelistary (8th Century), for Calontir's 2009 Tri-levels Competition. I painted this 7x9 inch full-page illumination mostly with dry natural earth pigments which I dispersed in gum Arabic watercolor binder. The bright yellow is gilding. You can read the documentation describing imy steps by clicking here. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| By clicking here you can access the handout for my class "Playing with Period Pigments". It is a guide for those curious about making illumination paint from dry natural earth pigments. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Want to get started making your own paint? Below here are links that connect directly to webpages offering products that may interest or help you.. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Iconofile's Pigment Grinding Kit. If you are sure you want to take up paint production and won't ever be mixing oil paint, this size muller and plate is just for you. The plate is 10 inches square and the muller is sized to go well with it. The dry pigments relate well to the SCA period. I so wish I had found this before I started making paints. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| If you want to dabble in paint making check out this Pocket Pigment Kit from Griffin Dyeworks. It is reasonably priced and you get to choose your own, non-toxic pigments. While I have not used the kit myself, I did buy M. Flavia's pamphlet "Exploring Period Pigments" and found it to be well written. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Both the introductory pigment kit I used and the commercially prepared watercolor medium were purchased from Natural Pigments. The pigments were manufactured by Rublev and are ground to sizes relevant to each pigment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The article linked here , on Natural Pigments website, gives the best reason I've found for using dry pigments. Basicly, dry pigments are ground to a variety of fine particle sizes which contributes to its more period appearance. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Unless otherwise noted, all works relating to this page are copyright 2009 by Susan E. Gordon known in the SCA as Jehanne Bening |
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