https://thepeasantpaints.pictures This Peasant Paints Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:13:36 +0000 https://thepeasantpaints.pictures en https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Plants-and-Planting Wed, 23 Sep 2020 07:19:44 +0000 This Peasant Paints https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Plants-and-Planting Plants and Planting The starting point of my practice-based research has been the construction of various pigment gardens -&nbsp; in the Sierra María los Vélez national park, Almería, Spain; on the Goldsmiths College Campus in London; and around my studio in Malmö, Sweden. The research for a pigment garden in Almería drew my attention to the presence of prickly pear cacti, infected with a wild form of cochineal. The colonisation of the Americas is inscribed into the very landscape. I learnt that it is problematic to frame plants in terms of ‘native’ and ‘non-native.’ Other plants growing wild in the area included aliaga (a member of genista)&nbsp;and espino de tintes (a member of rhamnus) which were used for yellow dyes historically. Rubia Peregrina, a wild form of madder, grows extensively in the local botanical gardens where I was able to obtain divisions. The roots produce a red, like domesticated madder. Woad was the obvious choice for a blue, since it is adaptable to arid climates due to its long tap root. Although it doesn´t seem to grow wild in the Sierra María los Vélez, is does in the nearby Sierra Nevada. Making Maya blue with it addresses the connections to Mexico demonstrated by the presence of the prickly pear cacti and cochineal. <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c197a3d131991823338bbf42ec9d58031e724e4c6ed5477f6a061fa26740de97/P1000910.JPG" data-mid="83527702" border="0" alt="Prickly pear infested with cochineal" data-caption="Prickly pear infested with cochineal" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c197a3d131991823338bbf42ec9d58031e724e4c6ed5477f6a061fa26740de97/P1000910.JPG" /> <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92c29e74bc7c5b13971184a49034c5677549e540c8ce32a04b3dfd6deae4e46f/20161227_132023.jpg" data-mid="83527690" border="0" alt="Prickly pear infested with cochineal" data-caption="Prickly pear infested with cochineal" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92c29e74bc7c5b13971184a49034c5677549e540c8ce32a04b3dfd6deae4e46f/20161227_132023.jpg" /> <img width="2322" height="2041" width_o="2322" height_o="2041" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/732e003e77d6336618ba6478c5bab68eeaa04a9ec9dcf87897b81655ca049b7b/aliaga-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85422955" border="0" alt="Aliaga" data-caption="Aliaga" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/732e003e77d6336618ba6478c5bab68eeaa04a9ec9dcf87897b81655ca049b7b/aliaga-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="1067" height="811" width_o="1067" height_o="811" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6af2258c64e8e2cf65055e4bb61e4d19e2ef78aec5dbd45689441c45c72cea8e/garden-crop.jpg" data-mid="85423891" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6af2258c64e8e2cf65055e4bb61e4d19e2ef78aec5dbd45689441c45c72cea8e/garden-crop.jpg" /> <img width="2448" height="2448" width_o="2448" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52908bb42ff429ba7e543923bcd73cbfa5b6ddd148d33ce9ffb9f116b40ac738/IMG_2139.JPG" data-mid="85783143" border="0" alt="Espino negro" data-caption="Espino negro" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/52908bb42ff429ba7e543923bcd73cbfa5b6ddd148d33ce9ffb9f116b40ac738/IMG_2139.JPG" /> <img width="793" height="602" width_o="793" height_o="602" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83d131ec510443124c5f2d687f61887b23474f3f7b58e0c3bbaea161ad835dd0/rubia-peregrina-divisions-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85424493" border="0" alt="Rubia peregrina" data-caption="Rubia peregrina" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/793/i/83d131ec510443124c5f2d687f61887b23474f3f7b58e0c3bbaea161ad835dd0/rubia-peregrina-divisions-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3177f56ecea64690e0177f5d76fb4cdd1d261ab44366df9e38f693feeff9594b/IMG_20201016_150843.jpg" data-mid="85783200" border="0" alt="Lady's bedstraw and madder (roots make red)" data-caption="Lady's bedstraw and madder (roots make red)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3177f56ecea64690e0177f5d76fb4cdd1d261ab44366df9e38f693feeff9594b/IMG_20201016_150843.jpg" /> <img width="640" height="479" width_o="640" height_o="479" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e14d7e48dc26f81c69d1f5b8fbb17cefb8547aa4a8542266fb80d29ce388f94a/woad-at-los-gazquez.jpeg" data-mid="83527706" border="0" alt="Woad growing in Almer&iacute;a" data-caption="Woad growing in Almería" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/e14d7e48dc26f81c69d1f5b8fbb17cefb8547aa4a8542266fb80d29ce388f94a/woad-at-los-gazquez.jpeg" /> <img width="2322" height="2769" width_o="2322" height_o="2769" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/79bafcfb2e51be1224c40a1287ca9bdba462cee4310f13748ffaf57b80300c50/woad-harvest-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85424325" border="0" alt="Harvesting woad" data-caption="Harvesting woad" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/79bafcfb2e51be1224c40a1287ca9bdba462cee4310f13748ffaf57b80300c50/woad-harvest-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2309" width_o="3000" height_o="2309" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93ff469ba39a4b030d710284dfda94eee0b406dec4feb43ae1f4a974a7a3fee3/catterpillar-attack-woad.jpg" data-mid="85424324" border="0" alt="Woad infested with cabbage white caterpillars" data-caption="Woad infested with cabbage white caterpillars" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93ff469ba39a4b030d710284dfda94eee0b406dec4feb43ae1f4a974a7a3fee3/catterpillar-attack-woad.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a89ce8629a2a8d420fbf64ee190eb60912ec46164b65b417d07f4eb19332ecb1/IMG_20200626_133634.jpg" data-mid="83626959" border="0" alt="Weld" data-caption="Weld" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a89ce8629a2a8d420fbf64ee190eb60912ec46164b65b417d07f4eb19332ecb1/IMG_20200626_133634.jpg" /> <img width="2736" height="3648" width_o="2736" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/692f48e404007ae29ade8cdca217123446600ef8672f0893244ab367c0c54162/IMG_20190820_103810_1.jpg" data-mid="83527694" border="0" alt="Weld growing on Industrigatan, Malm&ouml;" data-caption="Weld growing on Industrigatan, Malmö" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/692f48e404007ae29ade8cdca217123446600ef8672f0893244ab367c0c54162/IMG_20190820_103810_1.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a874e06eb92867f4941df124cb7d5ef1ea94354f43bdd575de944c939a71b9ac/IMG_20201016_150654.jpg" data-mid="85783199" border="0" alt="Weld and Wild Mignonette (wild weld)" data-caption="Weld and Wild Mignonette (wild weld)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a874e06eb92867f4941df124cb7d5ef1ea94354f43bdd575de944c939a71b9ac/IMG_20201016_150654.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3dc8c3f8b283e584cdee63fc18f71c72a730db535986e7cf07c8cda6f9dd9778/IMG_20200916_104701.jpg" data-mid="83527701" border="0" alt="Weld seeds" data-caption="Weld seeds" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3dc8c3f8b283e584cdee63fc18f71c72a730db535986e7cf07c8cda6f9dd9778/IMG_20200916_104701.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="1200" width_o="1600" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af173b9bda0b75af0cd7df02d2c9f59fe00f9bf3a98a8133f6569878dbfd3ef8/wild-mignonette.jpeg" data-mid="83748508" border="0" alt="Wild mignonette (wild weld) growing on old train tracks" data-caption="Wild mignonette (wild weld) growing on old train tracks" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af173b9bda0b75af0cd7df02d2c9f59fe00f9bf3a98a8133f6569878dbfd3ef8/wild-mignonette.jpeg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4131bee59c8702791d1e413f7570fc02e829a1b9f3c1e203d14581c72c839530/IMG_20200820_091148.jpg" data-mid="83527700" border="0" alt="North American goldenrod growing in Malm&ouml;" data-caption="North American goldenrod growing in Malmö" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4131bee59c8702791d1e413f7570fc02e829a1b9f3c1e203d14581c72c839530/IMG_20200820_091148.jpg" /> Observing the plants that live around where I live in Malmö, I found similar traces of colonial relationships. One yellow dye plant that grows extensively in Malmö is Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis). It originally came from North America, where it was an important medicine and dye plant for the indigenous population. It was one of the earliest dye plants to be embraced by European settlers. In Malmö it has become rather invasive, so harvesting it for a dye is a beneficial relationship.&nbsp; Another plant I have found growing locally is weld, a very important dye plant historically in Europe. While many plants produce yellow dyes, the vast majority are highly fugitive. Weld contains luteolin, one of the most lightfast yellow dyes. It likes poor alkali soil that has been disturbed. I have found it growing wild in the industrial areas of Malmö, especially near my studio. The wild form of weld, wild mignonette, also grows locally on old rail tracks. I have experimented with companion planting dye plants with eachother, and other plants such as lettuce, nasturtium, and calendula to see how it prevent pests. Nasturtium and calendula certainly seem to attract aphids and caterpillars away from the woad and japanese indigo. Nitrogen fixing dyer’s greenweed gets overwhelmed by woad. Japanese indigo seems to kill cosmos. Knapweed and saw-wort do well with lady’s bedstraw. <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a48670784221d94e63663a774fd22d7f704d8591cb0bce56a40cb9c9e898d0e/IMG_20200621_154420.jpg" data-mid="83527696" border="0" alt="Woad growing with calendula" data-caption="Woad growing with calendula" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a48670784221d94e63663a774fd22d7f704d8591cb0bce56a40cb9c9e898d0e/IMG_20200621_154420.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/201b0d8286bce126501dc41cc08a577d926f2d9f6ca9e4bc9e44556d8f0ea77c/IMG_20200611_150820.jpg" data-mid="83527695" border="0" alt="Japanese indigo with lettuce, nasturtiums, and chard" data-caption="Japanese indigo with lettuce, nasturtiums, and chard" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/201b0d8286bce126501dc41cc08a577d926f2d9f6ca9e4bc9e44556d8f0ea77c/IMG_20200611_150820.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69468fe7b4ba41e827435eff8555885551e9289044b8325b12907055ffa8d424/IMG_20201013_110701.jpg" data-mid="85425951" border="0" alt="Cosmos killed by Japanese indigo" data-caption="Cosmos killed by Japanese indigo" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/69468fe7b4ba41e827435eff8555885551e9289044b8325b12907055ffa8d424/IMG_20201013_110701.jpg" /> <img width="2736" height="3648" width_o="2736" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5c47747b5d64da637827f529fcd916c18cfd36d478b6c393771401425119a26/IMG_20200705_155418.jpg" data-mid="83527698" border="0" alt="Japanese indigo rooting" data-caption="Japanese indigo rooting" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5c47747b5d64da637827f529fcd916c18cfd36d478b6c393771401425119a26/IMG_20200705_155418.jpg" /> <img width="3434" height="3027" width_o="3434" height_o="3027" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fdc59ed7a34d313b8e34e89670bfd5a95197a029a280331ce164c43701b29ccb/sawwort-and-lady-s-bedstraw.jpg" data-mid="85426108" border="0" alt="Allotment at Goldsmiths with lady's bedstraw and saw-wort" data-caption="Allotment at Goldsmiths with lady's bedstraw and saw-wort" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fdc59ed7a34d313b8e34e89670bfd5a95197a029a280331ce164c43701b29ccb/sawwort-and-lady-s-bedstraw.jpg" /> https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Lake-pigments Wed, 23 Sep 2020 07:19:44 +0000 This Peasant Paints https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Lake-pigments Lake pigments “Laking” is the process of creating a water-insoluble pigment for painting from a water-soluble organic dye. It involves a precipitation reaction between potash alum (potassium aluminium sulphate) and an alkali such as potash (potassium carbonate) or soda ash (sodium carbonate).&nbsp; It is a process that only works with mordant dyes - that is to say, dyes that react with mordants such as alum. Different plants require different approaches. Sometimes it is best to soak the plants for days, sometimes it is easily extract with heat in an hour. The tone can be modified by either adding the alum first, for warmer shades or the potash first for cooler shades.&nbsp;The precipitation reaction gives off carbon dioxide and creates a lot of foam. <img width="2736" height="2330" width_o="2736" height_o="2330" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f9282a9267a15ef1221d9e928de982ed6ab165abb23a629f7c2cb8ac2dd411c/wild-weld-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85428752" border="0" alt="Wild mignonette" data-caption="Wild mignonette" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f9282a9267a15ef1221d9e928de982ed6ab165abb23a629f7c2cb8ac2dd411c/wild-weld-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="3131" height="2321" width_o="3131" height_o="2321" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33bc3827363363b7b919fb948a04976b0fbc9d3821444756af2b62b972d885e4/bright-yellow-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85429211" border="0" alt="wild mignonette pigment" data-caption="wild mignonette pigment" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33bc3827363363b7b919fb948a04976b0fbc9d3821444756af2b62b972d885e4/bright-yellow-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93fcb3b98d6e4fdff35eaab138accd0a907340679c7a5259416e01c71b0cf293/20161010_152725.jpg" data-mid="83533145" border="0" alt="Madder pigment" data-caption="Madder pigment" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93fcb3b98d6e4fdff35eaab138accd0a907340679c7a5259416e01c71b0cf293/20161010_152725.jpg" /> <img width="722" height="480" width_o="722" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/708e61b66f2e63f7ab95d0c2e3f79d582daa78a43402ccc0c16b2eba9788568c/----DSC_0181.jpg" data-mid="83533412" border="0" alt="birch leaf yellow" data-caption="birch leaf yellow" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/722/i/708e61b66f2e63f7ab95d0c2e3f79d582daa78a43402ccc0c16b2eba9788568c/----DSC_0181.jpg" /> <img width="3193" height="2315" width_o="3193" height_o="2315" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c5b625c50a46f8a0382fea5747ce0a6c3508173333d889cb054890be3ba7de6/cochineal-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85428435" border="0" alt="cochineal pigment" data-caption="cochineal pigment" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c5b625c50a46f8a0382fea5747ce0a6c3508173333d889cb054890be3ba7de6/cochineal-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b2d64fd5f85b48995affc8ba49d41839244dc1500a94d03b6c777ef215266a07/2.-aliaga-pigment.JPG" data-mid="83533140" border="0" alt="aliaga pigment" data-caption="aliaga pigment" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b2d64fd5f85b48995affc8ba49d41839244dc1500a94d03b6c777ef215266a07/2.-aliaga-pigment.JPG" /> <img width="3456" height="4608" width_o="3456" height_o="4608" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7111a6482606936134265bc4b4dab150ffff88941c4d4a0e77f5c9ea7722f9de/20181212_120638.jpg" data-mid="85439306" border="0" alt="Straining brazilwood lake" data-caption="Straining brazilwood lake" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7111a6482606936134265bc4b4dab150ffff88941c4d4a0e77f5c9ea7722f9de/20181212_120638.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0608414348953ffe162a993a17112a21465cf209b57cc621f80610d50f31f1f/20181212_112243.jpg" data-mid="85439305" border="0" alt="different shades of brazilwood pigment" data-caption="different shades of brazilwood pigment" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0608414348953ffe162a993a17112a21465cf209b57cc621f80610d50f31f1f/20181212_112243.jpg" /> <img width="1772" height="1685" width_o="1772" height_o="1685" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5229beae701b7415bb6a86e98816ea264b9e6c1a454bae634cc102b45327d6fa/making-safflower-pigment-draining-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85442432" border="0" alt="straining madder pigment" data-caption="straining madder pigment" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5229beae701b7415bb6a86e98816ea264b9e6c1a454bae634cc102b45327d6fa/making-safflower-pigment-draining-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="2835" height="2048" width_o="2835" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4018b420d359680f9da544743dd9887810c72c90bd8aa653f2d8c2b14b12446/shite-yellow.jpg" data-mid="85428437" border="0" alt="schijt yellow made from buckthorn berries, and shite" data-caption="schijt yellow made from buckthorn berries, and shite" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4018b420d359680f9da544743dd9887810c72c90bd8aa653f2d8c2b14b12446/shite-yellow.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5dce5ffd5ce9e9c6acd8105a94da3830ef03ac6c2df1c9a2c28bb5fd665bd205/20170514_120543.jpg" data-mid="83533147" border="0" alt="schijt yellow" data-caption="schijt yellow" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5dce5ffd5ce9e9c6acd8105a94da3830ef03ac6c2df1c9a2c28bb5fd665bd205/20170514_120543.jpg" /> <img width="450" height="433" width_o="450" height_o="433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2639f30f2f74a52cd800aa5fd2e11a1b5a2178244887d3997a1e71a2ea64dd5/---DSC_0243.jpg" data-mid="85439307" border="0" alt="European goldenrod pigment" data-caption="European goldenrod pigment" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/450/i/c2639f30f2f74a52cd800aa5fd2e11a1b5a2178244887d3997a1e71a2ea64dd5/---DSC_0243.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5b7d1d4a15bf1bb5d95b759b0e128df079c14b20a687112bff15bb30c392956/20170514_124018.jpg" data-mid="83533148" border="0" alt="Madder" data-caption="Madder" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5b7d1d4a15bf1bb5d95b759b0e128df079c14b20a687112bff15bb30c392956/20170514_124018.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbf97f8e9e636e2b0200abd078b9991f4dc0c11614ba5ce1cd6dc865cfaa34e7/20170514_131151.jpg" data-mid="85439302" border="0" alt="Cochineal" data-caption="Cochineal" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fbf97f8e9e636e2b0200abd078b9991f4dc0c11614ba5ce1cd6dc865cfaa34e7/20170514_131151.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcb4f33282b9d403944b1f82b7f2813b057a293fd927bbdd8157b9a255fe4925/20170514_124853.jpg" data-mid="83533149" border="0" alt="Madder ground with water" data-caption="Madder ground with water" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bcb4f33282b9d403944b1f82b7f2813b057a293fd927bbdd8157b9a255fe4925/20170514_124853.jpg" /> The resultant pigment is strained off through filter paper or in linen bags, washed to remove excess alum, and dried. The pigments can then ground up fine with a binder such as egg tempera, casein, raw soy milk, or linseed oil. One historically famous pigment in Europe - and used by Swedish peasant painters -&nbsp; is schijt yellow, which was made from buckthorn berries. By comparing with a dirty nappy, we can see where it gets its name. https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Maya-blue Wed, 23 Sep 2020 07:19:44 +0000 This Peasant Paints https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Maya-blue Maya Blue Maya blue is a remarkable pigment invented during the early classic period of the Mayan civilisation (c. 250 -900 C.E.). It is a combination of indigo, extracted from plants, and palygorkite clay, making it an unusual hybrid organic/inorganic pigment. It is a striking turquoise colour that is unusually stable. Overlooked by the Spanish, the technology was eventually lost during the colonial period, only to be retrieved during the late twentieth century.&nbsp; In order to make Maya blue one must first extract the indigo from an indigo-bearing plant, by fermenting the leaves and then aerating the liquid. Maya blue was originally made with the leaves of the tropical indigo native to Central America (xiuquílitl is the Nahuatl name given in the Florentine Codex). I have researched making Maya blue with woad and Japanese indigo which can both be cultivated in Europe. Samples of Mayan blue made from woad were analysed by Professor Antonio Doménech Carbó at the University of Valencia, Spain. <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/476bbbc153beab19366dfb044b8410f7edd08fea33a5230fb923f2d5641b18f5/IMG_20201016_150424.jpg" data-mid="85783539" border="0" alt="woad and japanese indigo" data-caption="woad and japanese indigo" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/476bbbc153beab19366dfb044b8410f7edd08fea33a5230fb923f2d5641b18f5/IMG_20201016_150424.jpg" /> <img width="3028" height="2322" width_o="3028" height_o="2322" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ee38c3707e0e8d3b46c9c00a7bacf6bc0d6e372fceabf111505afb79bbda1de/woad-harvest-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85443084" border="0" alt="harvested woad" data-caption="harvested woad" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ee38c3707e0e8d3b46c9c00a7bacf6bc0d6e372fceabf111505afb79bbda1de/woad-harvest-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="3245" height="2322" width_o="3245" height_o="2322" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86061a8376d834e410ee22ec2ea44036a7b1433ba60be63d0e62d1d39cdaef0c/steeping-woad-leaves.jpg" data-mid="85443083" border="0" alt="woad steeping in hot water" data-caption="woad steeping in hot water" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86061a8376d834e410ee22ec2ea44036a7b1433ba60be63d0e62d1d39cdaef0c/steeping-woad-leaves.jpg" /> <img width="2736" height="2130" width_o="2736" height_o="2130" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/380cf7db01abf5c063764ff201f6fa25d056df92dae2df88b70d8f202fdc0999/japanese-indigo-fermenting.jpg" data-mid="85443079" border="0" alt="cold extraction by fermenting Japanese indigo leaves" data-caption="cold extraction by fermenting Japanese indigo leaves" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/380cf7db01abf5c063764ff201f6fa25d056df92dae2df88b70d8f202fdc0999/japanese-indigo-fermenting.jpg" /> <img width="2736" height="2221" width_o="2736" height_o="2221" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35cb946b18e9bcad4e3453e7f4f69090fd9cd70c94ab6696558edf4d6a018a21/indigo-and-liquid.jpg" data-mid="85443078" border="0" alt="turquoise green water after fermentation" data-caption="turquoise green water after fermentation" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35cb946b18e9bcad4e3453e7f4f69090fd9cd70c94ab6696558edf4d6a018a21/indigo-and-liquid.jpg" /> <img width="2736" height="2400" width_o="2736" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da86a6eed6228af447254e6f1f99904390627ecf48ec98c5c252300af08f6254/blue-foam-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85443076" border="0" alt="blue foam after whisking woad extraction" data-caption="blue foam after whisking woad extraction" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da86a6eed6228af447254e6f1f99904390627ecf48ec98c5c252300af08f6254/blue-foam-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/472f0258097bb60064784fffcbba29d54f3f0474c138e1614afbd395b0e5a798/IMG_20200722_145732.jpg" data-mid="83543887" border="0" alt="roasting wet clay and woad paste" data-caption="roasting wet clay and woad paste" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/472f0258097bb60064784fffcbba29d54f3f0474c138e1614afbd395b0e5a798/IMG_20200722_145732.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35b79984a79f990328bf6fa2c1cd8a1c0fd581d57c263b86dca27b5704f6910f/IMG_20200722_150856.jpg" data-mid="83543892" border="0" alt="half way through roasting, colour change visible" data-caption="half way through roasting, colour change visible" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35b79984a79f990328bf6fa2c1cd8a1c0fd581d57c263b86dca27b5704f6910f/IMG_20200722_150856.jpg" /> <img width="2638" height="2047" width_o="2638" height_o="2047" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bdcf28f0ec144392def1ddeb94d706bc19f5b01151596bba4b1d0705f1118b20/maya-blue-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85443080" border="0" alt="roasted tortillas of Maya blue made from woad" data-caption="roasted tortillas of Maya blue made from woad" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bdcf28f0ec144392def1ddeb94d706bc19f5b01151596bba4b1d0705f1118b20/maya-blue-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31939a305c79b9e57ab0b03b9711403b225ff263eca05e8cba903e16f191002b/IMG_20200722_154215.jpg" data-mid="83543573" border="0" alt="Maya blue made from woad (roasting straight from wet)" data-caption="Maya blue made from woad (roasting straight from wet)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31939a305c79b9e57ab0b03b9711403b225ff263eca05e8cba903e16f191002b/IMG_20200722_154215.jpg" /> <img width="2561" height="2321" width_o="2561" height_o="2321" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03a26510b1d25ce78be5026cfac37272856d45c5c872cb328e6e1c3c5a3c666c/shikonen.jpg" data-mid="85443082" border="0" alt="experiments with gromwell root, colour change apparent but does not increase lightfastness" data-caption="experiments with gromwell root, colour change apparent but does not increase lightfastness" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/03a26510b1d25ce78be5026cfac37272856d45c5c872cb328e6e1c3c5a3c666c/shikonen.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1594" width_o="2126" height_o="1594" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c812592f639bf860cdd0717194946bdb0037bd0c4075fc6defce0b6f241759e/comparison-of-roasted-and-unroasted-cochineal.jpg" data-mid="85443077" border="0" alt="experiments with cochineal, colour change apparent but does not bind like indigo" data-caption="experiments with cochineal, colour change apparent but does not bind like indigo" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c812592f639bf860cdd0717194946bdb0037bd0c4075fc6defce0b6f241759e/comparison-of-roasted-and-unroasted-cochineal.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1594" width_o="2126" height_o="1594" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6965445cdf97d7e3a1b9623ad7ae5cd51362910d4f73fb9ded6b308f38a69755/roasted-cochineal-and-attapulgite.jpg" data-mid="85443081" border="0" alt="Cochineal colour after roasting with palygorskite" data-caption="Cochineal colour after roasting with palygorskite" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6965445cdf97d7e3a1b9623ad7ae5cd51362910d4f73fb9ded6b308f38a69755/roasted-cochineal-and-attapulgite.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="898" width_o="1200" height_o="898" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b12784b6ff0c6a1e3a8c517745afa0d99c67ee6080a6a39e7bba4dbe4694e8a3/page-4.png" data-mid="83544998" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b12784b6ff0c6a1e3a8c517745afa0d99c67ee6080a6a39e7bba4dbe4694e8a3/page-4.png" /> <img width="1201" height="899" width_o="1201" height_o="899" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27275b7f856327bb0330edacb8e6f1abcd8bae49fa97addeac1eb57d339760b8/page-1.png" data-mid="83544995" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27275b7f856327bb0330edacb8e6f1abcd8bae49fa97addeac1eb57d339760b8/page-1.png" /> <img width="1201" height="898" width_o="1201" height_o="898" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d165820828283c147987f04cb5676e8c51998d789b5bab069a75d567cf160cd2/page-2.png" data-mid="83544996" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d165820828283c147987f04cb5676e8c51998d789b5bab069a75d567cf160cd2/page-2.png" /> <img width="1198" height="897" width_o="1198" height_o="897" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/745923391bb31988d0594adfa478edcf80cac5df268c18e242e3fe9e92e78efa/page-3.png" data-mid="83544997" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/745923391bb31988d0594adfa478edcf80cac5df268c18e242e3fe9e92e78efa/page-3.png" /> <img width="3093" height="2321" width_o="3093" height_o="2321" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39f3c3e5b76e374c67e5437badfb1c597cb6331c014719704270ac6fc934a311/samples-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85444193" border="0" alt="samples tested by Professor Antonio Dom&eacute;nech Carb&oacute; at the University of Valencia" data-caption="samples tested by Professor Antonio Doménech Carbó at the University of Valencia" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39f3c3e5b76e374c67e5437badfb1c597cb6331c014719704270ac6fc934a311/samples-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23c6ec648464e6bd5482467cf57e965a32b5fe2115a69b5a595144e235995fcf/IMG_20201016_153228.jpg" data-mid="85782986" border="0" alt="Lightfastness test of Maya blue in egg and raw soya milk. Very little change after 10 months in a sunny window" data-caption="Lightfastness test of Maya blue in egg and raw soya milk. Very little change after 10 months in a sunny window" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23c6ec648464e6bd5482467cf57e965a32b5fe2115a69b5a595144e235995fcf/IMG_20201016_153228.jpg" /> I have also experimented with using the Maya blue technology with other dyes, such as cochineal and gromwell root. As with indigo, the palygorskite clay consistently acts as a catalyst to create a colour change and secondary compounds. However, none of the pigments are as stable as Maya blue. It seems only the indigo molecule is small enough to enter the tubular channels of the clay structure and achieve strong bond. https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Mordant-printing-and-dyeing Wed, 23 Sep 2020 07:19:44 +0000 This Peasant Paints https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Mordant-printing-and-dyeing Mordant-printing and Dyeing Printed calicoes or ‘chintzes’ originated in India at least four thousand years ago. Indian craftspeople developed a sophisticated technique of applying&nbsp; mordants and plant dyes, to create beautiful multicoloured patterned cloths. Originally the designs were hand-painted, but later wooden blocks were used. These calicoes arrived to Europe during the end of the 16th century and became immensely popular. By the end of the 17th century printed calicoes had overtaken spices as the main commodity traded by The English East India Trading Company. The threat to the domestic British textile industry was such that the government introduced the Calico Acts of 1700 and 1721 which effectively banned the import of most cotton goods from India (although re-export to other colonies was permitted). Similar prohibitions were introduced in France. Meanwhile, European textile industrialists set about appropriating the Indian techniques, and developing their own calico printing industry which used early industrial techniques such as copper plate printing. Indeed, Foucault writes vividly about the division of labour in the Oberkampf manufactory at Jouy-en-Josas as an example of the disciplining of the workforce in industrial society, in Discipline and Punish (1975). These printed calicoes, produced in early industrial conditions in Europe, with plant dyes which included colonial commodities, became popular elements of Swedish regional costume. Therefore, despite eventually being appropriated under a national romanticisim, these peasant costumes demonstrated their connection with global colonial forces&nbsp; On the right are examples of printed calicoes used in aprons, neckscarves, and bonnets, from collection of the Nordiska Museum in Stockholm. <img width="1200" height="795" width_o="1200" height_o="795" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04e82e41b03aa9fa6fe85a23a3e834f629036b5bde3bb36fdaf0522ff6bfb3b2/NM.0049075A-C-2.jpg" data-mid="83632162" border="0" alt="bonnet" data-caption="bonnet" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/04e82e41b03aa9fa6fe85a23a3e834f629036b5bde3bb36fdaf0522ff6bfb3b2/NM.0049075A-C-2.jpg" /> <img width="2272" height="1744" width_o="2272" height_o="1744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c82c9328ec54cdf5950ea6e4def9001913d9c1354c5cfb414f8f7016a5e88b26/NM.0049075A-C.jpg" data-mid="83632164" border="0" alt="bonnets" data-caption="bonnets" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c82c9328ec54cdf5950ea6e4def9001913d9c1354c5cfb414f8f7016a5e88b26/NM.0049075A-C.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2788" width_o="4000" height_o="2788" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2fc45b39777e9e16134daf9f1308ded1c9ff1670f453db76091b38a2e4835a89/NM.0092662-1.jpg" data-mid="83632169" border="0" alt="detail of an apron" data-caption="detail of an apron" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2fc45b39777e9e16134daf9f1308ded1c9ff1670f453db76091b38a2e4835a89/NM.0092662-1.jpg" /> <img width="3384" height="3964" width_o="3384" height_o="3964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9a63f26d08f65fbf0e95121b6119a231897396571a79b0198c110b0302b2b4e/NM.0092662.jpg" data-mid="83632170" border="0" alt="apron " data-caption="apron " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9a63f26d08f65fbf0e95121b6119a231897396571a79b0198c110b0302b2b4e/NM.0092662.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2949" width_o="4000" height_o="2949" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ec122a12d1fc70c822485a15a7f5975bf3fb85fcd4ffc24cbea71c8eba20429/NM.0027757-6.jpg" data-mid="83632165" border="0" alt="detail of a head scarf" data-caption="detail of a head scarf" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ec122a12d1fc70c822485a15a7f5975bf3fb85fcd4ffc24cbea71c8eba20429/NM.0027757-6.jpg" /> <img width="3527" height="3312" width_o="3527" height_o="3312" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58f1c004f2e67964db430d550d0e9bfd0561598f7224510b3332b5fdec7024e0/NM.0027757-5.jpg" data-mid="83632166" border="0" alt="head scarf" data-caption="head scarf" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58f1c004f2e67964db430d550d0e9bfd0561598f7224510b3332b5fdec7024e0/NM.0027757-5.jpg" /> <img width="3445" height="2590" width_o="3445" height_o="2590" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b0c6dc48289d54295ff53301be9f5b523639456c49b59ba70462fe4e726cd98/test-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85532384" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b0c6dc48289d54295ff53301be9f5b523639456c49b59ba70462fe4e726cd98/test-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1603d40a39a140937779355be12af50b7a982fe33a01fefe83bcdce400ec8505/IMG_20200820_145251.jpg" data-mid="83546094" border="0" alt="dyeing with North American goldenrod" data-caption="dyeing with North American goldenrod" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1603d40a39a140937779355be12af50b7a982fe33a01fefe83bcdce400ec8505/IMG_20200820_145251.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54008d19a6baa8b4175ec7ba3dd1e35c82482f356bfb8e326863c0c2c3330a55/IMG_20200820_150849.jpg" data-mid="83546095" border="0" alt="Calico dyed with North American goldenrod" data-caption="Calico dyed with North American goldenrod" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54008d19a6baa8b4175ec7ba3dd1e35c82482f356bfb8e326863c0c2c3330a55/IMG_20200820_150849.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86e2ad2cbaa2122921fbea3c9c57bae92317bfab1273b5fd9590c9d828fd18b0/20161010_174608.jpg" data-mid="85532717" border="0" alt="Cochineal and madder before (right) and after steaming (left)" data-caption="Cochineal and madder before (right) and after steaming (left)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86e2ad2cbaa2122921fbea3c9c57bae92317bfab1273b5fd9590c9d828fd18b0/20161010_174608.jpg" /> <img width="3456" height="2598" width_o="3456" height_o="2598" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2da5dbe8529db2a86b9ab77489a3685aeb2a59e172530a265643c73c45328f73/yellow-pattern-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85532718" border="0" alt="Dyed with dyer&acute;s broom and over printed with madder" data-caption="Dyed with dyer´s broom and over printed with madder" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2da5dbe8529db2a86b9ab77489a3685aeb2a59e172530a265643c73c45328f73/yellow-pattern-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="2592" height="1949" width_o="2592" height_o="1949" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4e6487bd3cb35c9470ae7b24e733b36559f7c617b054464c4d466deaeabdbc2/cochineal-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85532383" border="0" alt="Printed with iron and dyed with cochineal" data-caption="Printed with iron and dyed with cochineal" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e4e6487bd3cb35c9470ae7b24e733b36559f7c617b054464c4d466deaeabdbc2/cochineal-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31d41c5c5a7567333078f276ee0becc8a7fe57e118d0178c00f6b97422d5a671/20161118_125800.jpg" data-mid="83546075" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31d41c5c5a7567333078f276ee0becc8a7fe57e118d0178c00f6b97422d5a671/20161118_125800.jpg" /> <img width="1594" height="1965" width_o="1594" height_o="1965" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2fd15582d0f76e0d1f6168d51880a4a2bad1d460f403b67f32a986a36e00e3d6/clothes.jpg" data-mid="85532077" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2fd15582d0f76e0d1f6168d51880a4a2bad1d460f403b67f32a986a36e00e3d6/clothes.jpg" /> <img width="1570" height="2176" width_o="1570" height_o="2176" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07893b8103507c2b176e38f212d7dce885909e15405f673634e019dbeaf546df/fighting-pregnant-peasant.jpg" data-mid="85532078" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07893b8103507c2b176e38f212d7dce885909e15405f673634e019dbeaf546df/fighting-pregnant-peasant.jpg" /> I have developed techniques based on calico painting and woodblock printing for screenprinting, using mordant recipes from the master dyer, Michel Garcia. I use combinations of tannins, aluminium acetate, and ferrous acetate, printing with thickened dye, and immersions in dye baths. Calico printed with dyes are steamed afterwards so that they react with the mordants.&nbsp; I started using a simple ‘weave’ pattern based on the esparto weaving practiced in Spain. Weaving colours, through the layering of transparent plant pigments with opaque earth pigments is how I think of the practice of painting. The printed calicos were used to make peasant clothes and as a surface to paint on (see the section on paintings). The work has developed to into more complex patterns.&nbsp; They tell the story of the inward and outward European coloniality found in brazilwood. The patterns combine cannibals and witches, and the felling and rasping of brazilwood, and are printed and dyed with brazilwood and madder - a popular combination in the dyes of Swedish peasants. I am also experimenting with printing with indigo, which poses particular technical challenges. I am trying a recipe based on sugar and caustic soda developed by Riikka Raisanen, Anja Primetta, and Kirsi Niinimaki. When printed it looks grey, after steaming it looks brown, but after rinsing it becomes blue. <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/40d7f7cdad309727eb993e9d6d8b2b1fae81a0b9d80cf5d6e4d3b58819f6244b/IMG_20200304_135055.jpg" data-mid="83546086" border="0" alt="Printing with brazilwood and madder" data-caption="Printing with brazilwood and madder" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/40d7f7cdad309727eb993e9d6d8b2b1fae81a0b9d80cf5d6e4d3b58819f6244b/IMG_20200304_135055.jpg" /> <img width="2736" height="3648" width_o="2736" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9139e9baf53b28fad47266bd7142926716527cc689732a06314f4396616f5cf9/wtches-and-cannibals-pink-and-brown.jpg" data-mid="83546100" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9139e9baf53b28fad47266bd7142926716527cc689732a06314f4396616f5cf9/wtches-and-cannibals-pink-and-brown.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ccae873435fc8221cfafd040b9deca5ed62f1e5bab9ea86290be4f284334a78/witches-and-cannibals-pink-and-brown-detail.jpg" data-mid="83546098" border="0" alt="Cannibals and witches" data-caption="Cannibals and witches" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ccae873435fc8221cfafd040b9deca5ed62f1e5bab9ea86290be4f284334a78/witches-and-cannibals-pink-and-brown-detail.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec45783b8e50cc52903118b544f4565f2ca07f3fbf938e52e9811d5eae2290e0/IMG_20200306_112940.jpg" data-mid="83546088" border="0" alt="Printing with iron mordant on calico treated with tannin and aluminium acetate" data-caption="Printing with iron mordant on calico treated with tannin and aluminium acetate" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec45783b8e50cc52903118b544f4565f2ca07f3fbf938e52e9811d5eae2290e0/IMG_20200306_112940.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76d891fe76dfdd8fdc7d2d4fcadff55d5f781d058367169034c8f0c43b2e21b3/IMG_20200507_110247.jpg" data-mid="83546090" border="0" alt="Same calico after dyeing with brazilwood and madder exhaust bath" data-caption="Same calico after dyeing with brazilwood and madder exhaust bath" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76d891fe76dfdd8fdc7d2d4fcadff55d5f781d058367169034c8f0c43b2e21b3/IMG_20200507_110247.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8dff7a33ca292571a22b47e49e3e03ae49606aaf87ca63adc7918fb5d4b63b3/IMG_20200507_110310.jpg" data-mid="83546091" border="0" alt="detail with cannibals and witches" data-caption="detail with cannibals and witches" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d8dff7a33ca292571a22b47e49e3e03ae49606aaf87ca63adc7918fb5d4b63b3/IMG_20200507_110310.jpg" /> <img width="2736" height="3648" width_o="2736" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/779726e6789702cd88311e52416d92630a5b9e1960c81a915b6c244340ce36a9/IMG_20200229_112149.jpg" data-mid="83546083" border="0" alt="printing with iron mordant on calico treated with tannin and aluminium acetate" data-caption="printing with iron mordant on calico treated with tannin and aluminium acetate" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/779726e6789702cd88311e52416d92630a5b9e1960c81a915b6c244340ce36a9/IMG_20200229_112149.jpg" /> <img width="2736" height="3648" width_o="2736" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/506258d32891d0e73e0c068292e189c88fc2bed765882eb606477edb99dc6f7f/IMG_20200302_135056.jpg" data-mid="83546084" border="0" alt="same calico in the process of being dyed with brazilwood and madder strong bath" data-caption="same calico in the process of being dyed with brazilwood and madder strong bath" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/506258d32891d0e73e0c068292e189c88fc2bed765882eb606477edb99dc6f7f/IMG_20200302_135056.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/40416116dd308ae1b9e1ddb65b5d812dff397ca5c575da3153a69e8b73e0bc7c/IMG_20200302_141224.jpg" data-mid="83546085" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/40416116dd308ae1b9e1ddb65b5d812dff397ca5c575da3153a69e8b73e0bc7c/IMG_20200302_141224.jpg" /> <img width="2736" height="3648" width_o="2736" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0de9678195a915f60e4acb0d08be4cc3415b33ccd863b8fbd9fac0bf7697c2b/witches-and-cannibals-purple.jpg" data-mid="83546099" border="0" alt="finished calico with iron, brazilwood, and madder" data-caption="finished calico with iron, brazilwood, and madder" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d0de9678195a915f60e4acb0d08be4cc3415b33ccd863b8fbd9fac0bf7697c2b/witches-and-cannibals-purple.jpg" /> <img width="2808" height="1872" width_o="2808" height_o="1872" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/469fb0620b105fcce30e562d801926a30fe605cc04797a176cabfac18ce782cd/_MG_1863.jpg" data-mid="85532991" border="0" alt="close up of cannibals and witches design" data-caption="close up of cannibals and witches design" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/469fb0620b105fcce30e562d801926a30fe605cc04797a176cabfac18ce782cd/_MG_1863.jpg" /> <img width="2736" height="3648" width_o="2736" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d51139655f946cf3cc0629f683ba5d09c67d8578c5a19ae1298f75a7aaada866/IMG_20200306_104548.jpg" data-mid="83546087" border="0" alt="printing with brazilwood and madder on calico treated with aluminium acetate" data-caption="printing with brazilwood and madder on calico treated with aluminium acetate" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d51139655f946cf3cc0629f683ba5d09c67d8578c5a19ae1298f75a7aaada866/IMG_20200306_104548.jpg" /> <img width="2736" height="3648" width_o="2736" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bff94bf763fb7bd1a3c508575226f8131b70250a001e2c9d3dbfb7ccdebe54d6/chopping-and-rasping-long-shot.jpg" data-mid="83546078" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bff94bf763fb7bd1a3c508575226f8131b70250a001e2c9d3dbfb7ccdebe54d6/chopping-and-rasping-long-shot.jpg" /> <img width="3562" height="2602" width_o="3562" height_o="2602" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec19587629c1f8965070b97a15fcb1c4823eb2c044265c772c778986540d53e1/chopping-and-rasping-detail.jpg" data-mid="83546077" border="0" alt="detail of chopping and rasping design" data-caption="detail of chopping and rasping design" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec19587629c1f8965070b97a15fcb1c4823eb2c044265c772c778986540d53e1/chopping-and-rasping-detail.jpg" /> <img width="1771" height="2656" width_o="1771" height_o="2656" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/085935ad46323526b1b5ac007706d5d27391161d75e6436d8ee549df9a5712e5/_MG_1836.jpg" data-mid="85532989" border="0" alt="Installation view of group exhibition &quot;Draining of the Tanks,&quot; Vermilion Sands, Copenhagen, 2020" data-caption="Installation view of group exhibition &quot;Draining of the Tanks,&quot; Vermilion Sands, Copenhagen, 2020" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/085935ad46323526b1b5ac007706d5d27391161d75e6436d8ee549df9a5712e5/_MG_1836.jpg" /> <img width="2808" height="1872" width_o="2808" height_o="1872" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e62f1b3e7bc843ea028bd5f4bff60879ceaa09dd6f53fc3ff0ed631645e9dcef/_MG_1831.jpg" data-mid="85532988" border="0" alt="Installation view of group exhibition &quot;Draining of the Tanks,&quot; Vermilion Sands, Copenhagen, 2020" data-caption="Installation view of group exhibition &quot;Draining of the Tanks,&quot; Vermilion Sands, Copenhagen, 2020" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e62f1b3e7bc843ea028bd5f4bff60879ceaa09dd6f53fc3ff0ed631645e9dcef/_MG_1831.jpg" /> <img width="1798" height="2697" width_o="1798" height_o="2697" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f74aaab5e48400ee13d7e70567805de52ee955b27249403059653619ab028f4/_MG_1838.jpg" data-mid="85532990" border="0" alt="Installation view of group exhibition &quot;Draining of the Tanks,&quot; Vermilion Sands, Copenhagen, 2020" data-caption="Installation view of group exhibition &quot;Draining of the Tanks,&quot; Vermilion Sands, Copenhagen, 2020" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f74aaab5e48400ee13d7e70567805de52ee955b27249403059653619ab028f4/_MG_1838.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74c220d3257e997ca940501f326e46fc78269df66d10227e0f3b7dce51549d57/IMG_20201127_150159.jpg" data-mid="90946725" border="0" alt="printing headscarves with the cannibal and witches design using logwood, brazilwood, and madder" data-caption="printing headscarves with the cannibal and witches design using logwood, brazilwood, and madder" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74c220d3257e997ca940501f326e46fc78269df66d10227e0f3b7dce51549d57/IMG_20201127_150159.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e9950fca47e6a8ee8d866753d2306bee9ba7e424fb16c212b81dd2ce4fa1302/IMG_20201127_152242.jpg" data-mid="90946724" border="0" alt="printed headscarves hanging in the print workshop" data-caption="printed headscarves hanging in the print workshop" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e9950fca47e6a8ee8d866753d2306bee9ba7e424fb16c212b81dd2ce4fa1302/IMG_20201127_152242.jpg" /> <img width="3464" height="4618" width_o="3464" height_o="4618" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/742377f50d3dfe910f99631adf2d6644f7621fd3af3007a45a539550ffe9c1b8/IMG_20201203_133559.jpg" data-mid="90946554" border="0" alt="finshed cannibal and witches headscarf" data-caption="finshed cannibal and witches headscarf" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/742377f50d3dfe910f99631adf2d6644f7621fd3af3007a45a539550ffe9c1b8/IMG_20201203_133559.jpg" /> <img width="2551" height="3070" width_o="2551" height_o="3070" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d690efe5d979023e21201904e871e89d3d1630665ca3ed2a500b4accd77baac/IMG_20201203_135034.jpg" data-mid="90947575" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d690efe5d979023e21201904e871e89d3d1630665ca3ed2a500b4accd77baac/IMG_20201203_135034.jpg" /> <img width="2736" height="3648" width_o="2736" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/653a494aca0fa73b966468a68f48d490d0c6548ff9cb5f17901f4b0d56be49cd/IMG_20200116_102503.jpg" data-mid="85533294" border="0" alt="Treating calico with sugar solution for printing with indigo" data-caption="Treating calico with sugar solution for printing with indigo" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/653a494aca0fa73b966468a68f48d490d0c6548ff9cb5f17901f4b0d56be49cd/IMG_20200116_102503.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6467df40df52c352941843d418cfc26842b109addbc7db678da145cd7b6a539/IMG_20200117_125948.jpg" data-mid="83546080" border="0" alt="printing onto sugar treated calico with caustic indigo paste" data-caption="printing onto sugar treated calico with caustic indigo paste" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c6467df40df52c352941843d418cfc26842b109addbc7db678da145cd7b6a539/IMG_20200117_125948.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af1a32adb0931d501eff92b506576c29a93e6012d5aaa46316450b1cca54c7bb/83082412_185322015881238_6002386494612832256_n.jpg" data-mid="83546076" border="0" alt="rinsing after steaming" data-caption="rinsing after steaming" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af1a32adb0931d501eff92b506576c29a93e6012d5aaa46316450b1cca54c7bb/83082412_185322015881238_6002386494612832256_n.jpg" /> <img width="2736" height="3648" width_o="2736" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef5291709b1bb467c3a4418c989f972adf035b99b66409fd31a7aa773879d8b3/IMG_20200117_152907.jpg" data-mid="83546081" border="0" alt="rinsing after steaming" data-caption="rinsing after steaming" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef5291709b1bb467c3a4418c989f972adf035b99b66409fd31a7aa773879d8b3/IMG_20200117_152907.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61075c3608e779d5f016ddcb782dd1e9e7f12a418103a98e9dd6c831ebafc97c/IMG_20200120_093837.jpg" data-mid="83546082" border="0" alt="detail of experiment with indigo and sugar printing" data-caption="detail of experiment with indigo and sugar printing" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61075c3608e779d5f016ddcb782dd1e9e7f12a418103a98e9dd6c831ebafc97c/IMG_20200120_093837.jpg" /> https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Paintings Wed, 23 Sep 2020 12:48:30 +0000 This Peasant Paints https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Paintings Paintings <img width="2126" height="1300" width_o="2126" height_o="1300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/693766ea673761b5762ec3756f086a26a4a18742a6b51a6955d4736e096d7836/SH0240.jpg" data-mid="83547315" border="0" alt="Dancing Left to Right, 2017, Ink and gesso, on calico mordant-printed and dyed with dyer's broom, madder, cochineal, and logwood, on board, 110 x 180cm" data-caption="Dancing Left to Right, 2017, Ink and gesso, on calico mordant-printed and dyed with dyer's broom, madder, cochineal, and logwood, on board, 110 x 180cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/693766ea673761b5762ec3756f086a26a4a18742a6b51a6955d4736e096d7836/SH0240.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1296" width_o="2126" height_o="1296" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b33de7cfe581e835bf71245616b075af8df28749cedb5eb11a5bad4ee9880472/SH0241.jpg" data-mid="83547316" border="0" alt="Dancing Right to Left, 2017, Ink and gesso on calico mordant-printed and dyed with dyer's broom, madder, cochineal, and logwood, on board, 110 x 180cm" data-caption="Dancing Right to Left, 2017, Ink and gesso on calico mordant-printed and dyed with dyer's broom, madder, cochineal, and logwood, on board, 110 x 180cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b33de7cfe581e835bf71245616b075af8df28749cedb5eb11a5bad4ee9880472/SH0241.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1596" width_o="2126" height_o="1596" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ebee7a7ff1a6625201a69274d08d4070c60382cdff1787cc53804c295ba7a24/Holmwood-2017_3.jpg" data-mid="83547281" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ebee7a7ff1a6625201a69274d08d4070c60382cdff1787cc53804c295ba7a24/Holmwood-2017_3.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1383" width_o="2126" height_o="1383" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25c4c1e86aa1c7fa0bdaa09ca86bd65eeaf48b340cc3cd240c1d22f350a2446f/SH0236.jpg" data-mid="83547308" border="0" alt="Peasants Fighting with Scythes, 2017, Mayan blue made from woad, ink, and gesso, on calico mordant-printed and dyed with dyer's broom, buckthorn berries, and logwood, on board, 120 x 185cm" data-caption="Peasants Fighting with Scythes, 2017, Mayan blue made from woad, ink, and gesso, on calico mordant-printed and dyed with dyer's broom, buckthorn berries, and logwood, on board, 120 x 185cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25c4c1e86aa1c7fa0bdaa09ca86bd65eeaf48b340cc3cd240c1d22f350a2446f/SH0236.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1232" width_o="2126" height_o="1232" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27a0520fc391f2c45d5824d94c84d005c3b68a094c319dc95f0b6a8aaeab988f/SH0234.jpg" data-mid="83547304" border="0" alt="Peasants Fighting with Flail (Bum Blow), 2017, Maya blue made from woad, aliaga, cochineal, ink and gesso, on calico mordant-printed with dyer's broom, cochineal, and logwood, on board, 110 x 190.5cm" data-caption="Peasants Fighting with Flail (Bum Blow), 2017, Maya blue made from woad, aliaga, cochineal, ink and gesso, on calico mordant-printed with dyer's broom, cochineal, and logwood, on board, 110 x 190.5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27a0520fc391f2c45d5824d94c84d005c3b68a094c319dc95f0b6a8aaeab988f/SH0234.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1205" width_o="2126" height_o="1205" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e74702c290e1a5342e6de5ad15fe425f3a1f7458a4bb08149a85d87790ac0b4/SH0233.jpg" data-mid="83547303" border="0" alt="Peasants Fighting with Sickles, 2017, Maya blue madde from woad, aliaga, madder, dyer's broom, and logwood, on board, 110 x 195cm" data-caption="Peasants Fighting with Sickles, 2017, Maya blue madde from woad, aliaga, madder, dyer's broom, and logwood, on board, 110 x 195cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e74702c290e1a5342e6de5ad15fe425f3a1f7458a4bb08149a85d87790ac0b4/SH0233.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1652" width_o="2126" height_o="1652" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5cb86ce3be04deeda45f3d3d042685aef1ac63ee109defe039da81fddf43d864/SH0227.jpg" data-mid="83547297" border="0" alt="Woad, 2016, Maya blue made from woad, and gesso on calico mordant-printed with buckthorn berries on board, 128 x 164cm" data-caption="Woad, 2016, Maya blue made from woad, and gesso on calico mordant-printed with buckthorn berries on board, 128 x 164cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5cb86ce3be04deeda45f3d3d042685aef1ac63ee109defe039da81fddf43d864/SH0227.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1828" width_o="2126" height_o="1828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/deb280e6dd8f15517ba4a892469707c345fa8fe2b2a7f4ff5919edfb11a79177/SH0226.jpg" data-mid="83547296" border="0" alt="Nocheztli (cochineal), 2016, ink and gesso on calico mordant-printed and dyed with cochineal, on board, 104.5 x 122cm" data-caption="Nocheztli (cochineal), 2016, ink and gesso on calico mordant-printed and dyed with cochineal, on board, 104.5 x 122cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/deb280e6dd8f15517ba4a892469707c345fa8fe2b2a7f4ff5919edfb11a79177/SH0226.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1779" width_o="2126" height_o="1779" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97653f6c7885ad967ea197afd17a5b28ee23393965a971745aef12f5d2a36f8f/SH0229.jpg" data-mid="83547299" border="0" alt="Madder, 2016, madder, ink, and gesso on calico mordant-printed with madder, on board, 100 x 120cm" data-caption="Madder, 2016, madder, ink, and gesso on calico mordant-printed with madder, on board, 100 x 120cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97653f6c7885ad967ea197afd17a5b28ee23393965a971745aef12f5d2a36f8f/SH0229.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1595" width_o="2126" height_o="1595" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42e6f6ada3f5a5b0aac68c555f7650d0b41f6a1bd4f2d031f4345e4eedeb41fc/SH0230.jpg" data-mid="83547300" border="0" alt="Behind the Hedge, 2016, Maya blue made from woad, and gesso on calico mordant-printed and dyed with dyer's broom, buckthorn berries, and cochineal on board, 90 x 120cm" data-caption="Behind the Hedge, 2016, Maya blue made from woad, and gesso on calico mordant-printed and dyed with dyer's broom, buckthorn berries, and cochineal on board, 90 x 120cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42e6f6ada3f5a5b0aac68c555f7650d0b41f6a1bd4f2d031f4345e4eedeb41fc/SH0230.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1592" width_o="2126" height_o="1592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31aaab68e50c159ddb1db9c1662663ed67277629e65b280747f561c3970b3bf4/SH0243.jpg" data-mid="83547317" border="0" alt="Cauldron, 2017, Maya blue made from woad, green earth, woad indigo, aliaga, and gesso on calico mordant-printed with logwood, cochineal, and dyer's broom on board, 90.5 x 120cm" data-caption="Cauldron, 2017, Maya blue made from woad, green earth, woad indigo, aliaga, and gesso on calico mordant-printed with logwood, cochineal, and dyer's broom on board, 90.5 x 120cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31aaab68e50c159ddb1db9c1662663ed67277629e65b280747f561c3970b3bf4/SH0243.jpg" /> <img width="1392" height="1772" width_o="1392" height_o="1772" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1cccc9dcf99f4a73ee33e469d8ac0286f3fb34a6e44f9de89c6bea2c80b709d/SH0256.jpg" data-mid="83547326" border="0" alt="Instrument of torture: Chair, 2017, Maya blue made from woad, indigo woad, ochre and gesso on calico mordant-printed and dyed with madder and cochineal on board, 60.5 x 48cm" data-caption="Instrument of torture: Chair, 2017, Maya blue made from woad, indigo woad, ochre and gesso on calico mordant-printed and dyed with madder and cochineal on board, 60.5 x 48cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1cccc9dcf99f4a73ee33e469d8ac0286f3fb34a6e44f9de89c6bea2c80b709d/SH0256.jpg" /> <img width="1682" height="2126" width_o="1682" height_o="2126" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2cdb1da631a65671ded276145f15853457d7faab32bbfe7089343ca4c5737bfd/SH0255.jpg" data-mid="83547325" border="0" alt="Instrument of Torture: Fire, 2017, Maya blue made from woad, indigo woad, ochre, aliaga, cochineal, ink and gesso, on calico mordant-printed with logwood, madder, and cochineal, on board 60.5 x 48cm" data-caption="Instrument of Torture: Fire, 2017, Maya blue made from woad, indigo woad, ochre, aliaga, cochineal, ink and gesso, on calico mordant-printed with logwood, madder, and cochineal, on board 60.5 x 48cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2cdb1da631a65671ded276145f15853457d7faab32bbfe7089343ca4c5737bfd/SH0255.jpg" /> <img width="1401" height="1772" width_o="1401" height_o="1772" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f58cb541f70724d3078842914207ebfb56899d5a09986b1cb79343bff44b90b/SH0257.jpg" data-mid="83547327" border="0" alt="Instrument of Torture: Wheel, 2017, Maya blue made from woad, indigo woad, aliaga and gesso on calico mordant-printed with logwood, dyer's broom, and cochineal on board, 60.5 x 48cm" data-caption="Instrument of Torture: Wheel, 2017, Maya blue made from woad, indigo woad, aliaga and gesso on calico mordant-printed with logwood, dyer's broom, and cochineal on board, 60.5 x 48cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f58cb541f70724d3078842914207ebfb56899d5a09986b1cb79343bff44b90b/SH0257.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1596" width_o="2126" height_o="1596" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c73b2a223842f8d37b42015cc174c7a0d04a1d7b290fead3368dff08cacb6165/Holmwood-2017_8.jpg" data-mid="83547284" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c73b2a223842f8d37b42015cc174c7a0d04a1d7b290fead3368dff08cacb6165/Holmwood-2017_8.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1596" width_o="2126" height_o="1596" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/019af61678af6b6b8735148e65edd2b4207157a496cb7c64b3636fee82a7cea1/Holmwood-2017_12.jpg" data-mid="83547286" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/019af61678af6b6b8735148e65edd2b4207157a496cb7c64b3636fee82a7cea1/Holmwood-2017_12.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1495" width_o="2126" height_o="1495" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b82312ca6eca680d3a7119b6372e997be4f459c045fb236cd18965d2a96425e/SH0238.jpg" data-mid="83547312" border="0" alt="Land of Cockaigne, 2017, Maya blue made from woad, cochineal. madder, and gesso on calico mordant-printed with dyer's broom and logwood on board, 120 x 170cm" data-caption="Land of Cockaigne, 2017, Maya blue made from woad, cochineal. madder, and gesso on calico mordant-printed with dyer's broom and logwood on board, 120 x 170cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b82312ca6eca680d3a7119b6372e997be4f459c045fb236cd18965d2a96425e/SH0238.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="896" width_o="2126" height_o="896" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd9d3cc4ca4039acad8275b1a8e5904caba3239015ca58a7dc6dcaa0aa90d72a/SH0262.jpg" data-mid="83547331" border="0" alt="Pleitas, 2017, plant and earth pigments on board, dimensions variable" data-caption="Pleitas, 2017, plant and earth pigments on board, dimensions variable" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd9d3cc4ca4039acad8275b1a8e5904caba3239015ca58a7dc6dcaa0aa90d72a/SH0262.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1064" width_o="2126" height_o="1064" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c3e2fceddc9c2b8ce8bb9cb6fadffd3ce71463ea789a14273afb066da221bcc6/SH0223.jpg" data-mid="83547293" border="0" alt="Painting with Flower and Song, 2016, Maya blue made with woad, aliaga, cochineal, ink and gesso on calico mordant-printed and dyed with madder, cochineal, and dyer's broom on board, 100 x 200cm" data-caption="Painting with Flower and Song, 2016, Maya blue made with woad, aliaga, cochineal, ink and gesso on calico mordant-printed and dyed with madder, cochineal, and dyer's broom on board, 100 x 200cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c3e2fceddc9c2b8ce8bb9cb6fadffd3ce71463ea789a14273afb066da221bcc6/SH0223.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1684" width_o="2126" height_o="1684" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8f83e77d15bd1d44bf018205edad4eb965df235600965f69c7e15af71935a1a/SH0245.jpg" data-mid="83547319" border="0" alt="Making Maya blue, 2017, Maya blue made from woad, ink and gesso on calico mordant-printed with logwood and dyer's broom on board, 105 x 126.5cm" data-caption="Making Maya blue, 2017, Maya blue made from woad, ink and gesso on calico mordant-printed with logwood and dyer's broom on board, 105 x 126.5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f8f83e77d15bd1d44bf018205edad4eb965df235600965f69c7e15af71935a1a/SH0245.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1371" width_o="2126" height_o="1371" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1cd42775675b08734decb7823497fff98d99b12d3fe6451811a2f3635b9bc3b0/SH0237.jpg" data-mid="83547310" border="0" alt="Creative Common's Pigeon Coop, 2017, May blue made from woad, woad and gesso on calico mordant-printed with dyer's broom, cochineal, and logwood on board, 120 x 186.5cm" data-caption="Creative Common's Pigeon Coop, 2017, May blue made from woad, woad and gesso on calico mordant-printed with dyer's broom, cochineal, and logwood on board, 120 x 186.5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1cd42775675b08734decb7823497fff98d99b12d3fe6451811a2f3635b9bc3b0/SH0237.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1695" width_o="2126" height_o="1695" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f13f0aac90b73e83cfde7e135e8f10d6ad2d1147fe2af862ae583f728921521/SH0228.jpg" data-mid="83547298" border="0" alt="Painting with Plant and Insect Colours, 2016, Maya blue made from woad, madder, aliaga, cochineal, ink and gesso on calico mordant-printed with cochineal and dyer's broom on board, 100 x 125cm" data-caption="Painting with Plant and Insect Colours, 2016, Maya blue made from woad, madder, aliaga, cochineal, ink and gesso on calico mordant-printed with cochineal and dyer's broom on board, 100 x 125cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f13f0aac90b73e83cfde7e135e8f10d6ad2d1147fe2af862ae583f728921521/SH0228.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1675" width_o="2126" height_o="1675" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8aef83629aaf74bc250fc53eebc7d386516325a2e927afabe275b5eb725b7364/SH0247.jpg" data-mid="83547321" border="0" alt="Rasphuis, 2017, Maya blue made from woad, ochre, aliaga, ink and gesso on calico mordant-printed with madder, logwood, and cochineal on board, 122 x 156cm" data-caption="Rasphuis, 2017, Maya blue made from woad, ochre, aliaga, ink and gesso on calico mordant-printed with madder, logwood, and cochineal on board, 122 x 156cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8aef83629aaf74bc250fc53eebc7d386516325a2e927afabe275b5eb725b7364/SH0247.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2214f35185bfb6765a66813e095ba6a709f50d7db36585d49ee5bee2761edb52/IMG_9351.JPG" data-mid="83547290" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2214f35185bfb6765a66813e095ba6a709f50d7db36585d49ee5bee2761edb52/IMG_9351.JPG" /> <img width="2098" height="1274" width_o="2098" height_o="1274" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41dd93df90c5a3236ef8bd4f9daba8fac64ccd4c371a5f537555b30ee8ea861d/cropped-workshop-revolting-2.jpg" data-mid="85534841" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41dd93df90c5a3236ef8bd4f9daba8fac64ccd4c371a5f537555b30ee8ea861d/cropped-workshop-revolting-2.jpg" /> The Peasant Paints. Images include paintings for the exhibition “The Peasants are Revolting!”, at Annely Juda Fine Art, London, in 2017. Paintings were made on top of mordant-printed and dyed calicoes, in plant and earth pigments in egg tempera. Dividing the space were what I call “pleitas,” long thin paintings on panel with plant and earth pigments in a weave pattern. Woad was growing in a raised bed, which was harvested for a performance demonstrating making Maya blue. https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Performances Fri, 25 Sep 2020 12:33:31 +0000 This Peasant Paints https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Performances Performances This video “Cultivating Colour” is a non-literal way of documenting the tone and content of my performances. I clash the authorative register of the BBC presenter/academic/scientist (who is always required to give their credentials at the start of any documentary) with the humour of the peasant clown. In 2015 I invited the professional clown, David Carmel, to do a series of clown workshops with some Goldsmiths MA students and myself. David Carmel works with a practice developed by Le Coque theatre that has its origins in comedia dell ‘arte - a tradition believed to originate in early modern Italy and includes stock characters such as the clever peasant and the stupid peasant. The practice gives a strict set of rules to act as a framework for improvisation, in the process, your inner clown is birthed. <img width="3483" height="2322" width_o="3483" height_o="2322" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/315bdff6a326a7ee2a46e6a13a334351e93780fc1f72628d340a7f6eb42e48ec/clowns-1-point-5.jpg" data-mid="85559001" border="0" alt="clown workshop with Goldsmiths MA students and David Carmel" data-caption="clown workshop with Goldsmiths MA students and David Carmel" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/315bdff6a326a7ee2a46e6a13a334351e93780fc1f72628d340a7f6eb42e48ec/clowns-1-point-5.jpg" /> <img width="3483" height="2322" width_o="3483" height_o="2322" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61a7c82688124aa0e947301ddae1cb7afe509c0a842c639e055ca461e091a890/nose-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85559002" border="0" alt="making noses from papier mach&eacute; vegetables" data-caption="making noses from papier maché vegetables" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61a7c82688124aa0e947301ddae1cb7afe509c0a842c639e055ca461e091a890/nose-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f503ed8c3c4f6670c8aadd5c54d93fb517c982769624941c99713db6ddd4c57/bodices-crpped.jpg" data-mid="85559000" border="0" alt="sewing clothes" data-caption="sewing clothes" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f503ed8c3c4f6670c8aadd5c54d93fb517c982769624941c99713db6ddd4c57/bodices-crpped.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="640" width_o="960" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d79c5276cae20259be6eb623bee30ec85ce47db8b4c2025f3e321405f40989fb/one-point-five.jpg" data-mid="85559003" border="0" alt="performing with David Carmel" data-caption="performing with David Carmel" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/d79c5276cae20259be6eb623bee30ec85ce47db8b4c2025f3e321405f40989fb/one-point-five.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="640" width_o="960" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d42067f33639e9a62b783adceee9556b821adf8cd031d36013441b61b7b8298/school-of-tillers-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85556657" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/1d42067f33639e9a62b783adceee9556b821adf8cd031d36013441b61b7b8298/school-of-tillers-cropped.jpg" /> Giving a talk to villagers at “The School of Tillers”, Bishan, Anhui, China, 2015 <img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c0a4a9503059ef6eaf1a563106ac02d06cc805380c9496891b4e34673143873/Sigrid-in-wasteland.jpg" data-mid="85553341" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c0a4a9503059ef6eaf1a563106ac02d06cc805380c9496891b4e34673143873/Sigrid-in-wasteland.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2443ee49e5a7b5e051ccfb330737b11c2fa22bd57c43a0fce2309cee9fb3eb93/Sigrid-take-off-vid-Ladan.jpg" data-mid="85553342" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2443ee49e5a7b5e051ccfb330737b11c2fa22bd57c43a0fce2309cee9fb3eb93/Sigrid-take-off-vid-Ladan.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61b2ecb043e069547cef05d0800e3c87cae9f863562f8418fde1876699dee038/Sigird-by-fence-2.jpg" data-mid="85553338" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61b2ecb043e069547cef05d0800e3c87cae9f863562f8418fde1876699dee038/Sigird-by-fence-2.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e6c1218b0dcb530406675c99f0d82b03c6d8ba606e8551039a546a75d226190/Sigrid-by-the-roadside.jpg" data-mid="85553340" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e6c1218b0dcb530406675c99f0d82b03c6d8ba606e8551039a546a75d226190/Sigrid-by-the-roadside.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3ce9cca701a4e9a57e71fb23e84d320bb9833fbd75a5cb1e604b123a55a9012/Sigrid-by-fence-1.jpg" data-mid="85553339" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3ce9cca701a4e9a57e71fb23e84d320bb9833fbd75a5cb1e604b123a55a9012/Sigrid-by-fence-1.jpg" /> Leading a performance walk through the history of madder and synthetic alizarin from the farm to the gasworks, Konstnärliga avsmyckningar, Mossutställningar, Stockholm, 2019 <img width="4312" height="2875" width_o="4312" height_o="2875" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60623b381f9c93c121f286be9d28a38fe99918e7b406e024d244b1689286af8a/jibber-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85564007" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60623b381f9c93c121f286be9d28a38fe99918e7b406e024d244b1689286af8a/jibber-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="4368" height="2912" width_o="4368" height_o="2912" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a02946ff2b61905ad47f845223aca9b6fb2260a663e5ddffb34b09f59daf7a1/multispecies-storytelling-performance-cropped.jpg" data-mid="85557967" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a02946ff2b61905ad47f845223aca9b6fb2260a663e5ddffb34b09f59daf7a1/multispecies-storytelling-performance-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="4295" height="2863" width_o="4295" height_o="2863" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a590189bf39181dce5e249be1d2813c78c2979d6dd37f02f4e28b9807f3f554/seeds.jpg" data-mid="85564008" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a590189bf39181dce5e249be1d2813c78c2979d6dd37f02f4e28b9807f3f554/seeds.jpg" /> <img width="4368" height="2912" width_o="4368" height_o="2912" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06dc8d1594618d82450b279bf47d907530bb1c80ba59f251b020966faa4fbdcf/crowd.jpg" data-mid="85564006" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06dc8d1594618d82450b279bf47d907530bb1c80ba59f251b020966faa4fbdcf/crowd.jpg" /> Multispecies storytelling, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden, 2019&nbsp; <img width="4032" height="2688" width_o="4032" height_o="2688" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a69eb3021d36a4ffaf69e12936ea643883d2aeb2e4688f50aa31b4695d2c781c/harvest.jpg" data-mid="85557965" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a69eb3021d36a4ffaf69e12936ea643883d2aeb2e4688f50aa31b4695d2c781c/harvest.jpg" /> <img width="2120" height="1413" width_o="2120" height_o="1413" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62ea3117bba988e7aedc29aae45cf409244c04a1e860c654bd3cc9d12dd77c3d/leaves.jpg" data-mid="85557966" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62ea3117bba988e7aedc29aae45cf409244c04a1e860c654bd3cc9d12dd77c3d/leaves.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="2016" width_o="3024" height_o="2016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9eba1d5536700abf23273afbd403121bb9531f665cafa0a72aafe27901307c1/clay.jpg" data-mid="85557964" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9eba1d5536700abf23273afbd403121bb9531f665cafa0a72aafe27901307c1/clay.jpg" /> Making Maya blue from woad, The Peasants are Revolting!, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 2017 https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Main Wed, 23 Sep 2020 07:19:43 +0000 This Peasant Paints https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Main The Peasant Paints: &nbsp; expanding painting decolonially through planting and pigment-making &nbsp;︎ Sigrid Holmwood This website is the documentation of the practice based research for a PhD in Art at Goldsmiths College, University of London.&nbsp; The research proposes to expand painting by addressing its materiality and circulation through the relationship between painting and the figure of the peasant. &nbsp; Painting is expanded into the field of cultivation, the performance of pigment-making, as well as the paintings themselves. The choice of planting and re-appropriation of pigment-making technologies traces the colonial relationship between Europe and the Americas. https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Practice-based-research Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:13:36 +0000 This Peasant Paints https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Practice-based-research Practice-based research <img width="3648" height="2224" width_o="3648" height_o="2224" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d298ec41d67ed18da77ecc0df94eed856f01e5dbd4712d9932f407489753fe8d/industrial-weld.jpg" data-mid="85758590" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d298ec41d67ed18da77ecc0df94eed856f01e5dbd4712d9932f407489753fe8d/industrial-weld.jpg" /> Plants and Planting <img width="722" height="440" width_o="722" height_o="440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9b7ea082ed84d61a61406c179d5ac4c4cf5e904daf2926417c61451fa70423d/pigment-thumbnail.jpg" data-mid="85758593" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/722/i/a9b7ea082ed84d61a61406c179d5ac4c4cf5e904daf2926417c61451fa70423d/pigment-thumbnail.jpg" />Lake Pigments <img width="3031" height="1848" width_o="3031" height_o="1848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd18761bc2d2bbdfda679b7f982a1cd062694cc39979c29db3a6c22a3555b239/maya-blue-thumbnail.jpg" data-mid="85758591" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd18761bc2d2bbdfda679b7f982a1cd062694cc39979c29db3a6c22a3555b239/maya-blue-thumbnail.jpg" /> Maya Blue <img width="4238" height="2584" width_o="4238" height_o="2584" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e45d68a8a6516afd5483a6315555acfb947d5e538f740fe43ee4efe298a309d3/testers.jpg" data-mid="85758594" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e45d68a8a6516afd5483a6315555acfb947d5e538f740fe43ee4efe298a309d3/testers.jpg" />Mordanting-printing and dyeing <img width="2126" height="1300" width_o="2126" height_o="1300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/693766ea673761b5762ec3756f086a26a4a18742a6b51a6955d4736e096d7836/SH0240.jpg" data-mid="85654736" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/693766ea673761b5762ec3756f086a26a4a18742a6b51a6955d4736e096d7836/SH0240.jpg" />Paintings <img width="4520" height="2756" width_o="4520" height_o="2756" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/465a15f6fa8adfaf918f8aa3b60d51b4a8428059863852610d45864e79d9e686/performance-thumbnail.jpg" data-mid="85758592" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/465a15f6fa8adfaf918f8aa3b60d51b4a8428059863852610d45864e79d9e686/performance-thumbnail.jpg" />Performances https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Publications Wed, 23 Sep 2020 07:19:43 +0000 This Peasant Paints https://thepeasantpaints.pictures/Publications Publications <img width="1714" height="2224" width_o="1714" height_o="2224" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/469cd9a1d8b22d39983a38234f5bc9db4c91cb7a1f3657e418f8d3fe77a3e79e/rurality-re-imagined.jpg" data-mid="85644366" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/469cd9a1d8b22d39983a38234f5bc9db4c91cb7a1f3657e418f8d3fe77a3e79e/rurality-re-imagined.jpg" /> Sigrid Holmwood, ‘Re-imagining Peasant Painting,’ Chapter in Rurality Re-imagined: Villagers, Farmers, Wanderers, and Wild Things , ed. Ben Stringer, ORO Editions,&nbsp; 2018<img width="912" height="1194" width_o="912" height_o="1194" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adb643772e748cd226326f984f22dc9545e0dc022acd4ed27d72efa697937d0b/The-wretched-earth.jpg" data-mid="85644368" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/912/i/adb643772e748cd226326f984f22dc9545e0dc022acd4ed27d72efa697937d0b/The-wretched-earth.jpg" />Sigrid Holmwood, ‘Cultivating Colour: Making Maya Blue from Woad,’ article in Third Text Special Issue: The Wretched Earth, Botanical Conflicts and Artistic Interventions, ed. Ros Gray and Shela Sheikh, 32:2-3, 330-349, 2018 <img width="1536" height="2182" width_o="1536" height_o="2182" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd46576c178e761fdd1f334dece1b662b8794f9d1bdbee11639e7820bef3ad84/The-rural.jpg" data-mid="85644367" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd46576c178e761fdd1f334dece1b662b8794f9d1bdbee11639e7820bef3ad84/The-rural.jpg" /> Sigrid Holmwood, ‘The Peasant Paints,’ Chapter in The Rural, Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art, ed. Myvillages, MIT Press, 2019<img width="2435" height="3177" width_o="2435" height_o="3177" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a6f2f9684bab3b4024c833b0e7663d19b74f155b0242eb36d8c857151516811/journal-of-physical-chemistry.jpg" data-mid="85644365" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a6f2f9684bab3b4024c833b0e7663d19b74f155b0242eb36d8c857151516811/journal-of-physical-chemistry.jpg" /> ‘Composition and Color of Maya Blue: Reexamination of Literature Data Based on the Dehydroindigo Model,’ Antonio Doménech-Carbó, Sigrid Holmwood, Francesca Di Turo, Noemí Montoya, Francisco Manuel Valle-Algarra, Howell G.M. Edwards, and María Teresa Doménech-Carbó,The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2019 123 (1), 770-782DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b08448