Making Black Walnut Lake Pigment || Natural & vegan art || A look into my sustainable art studio
Вставка
- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Welcome back to my channel! In this video I will be making black walnut lake pigment, using some leftover walnut ink (dye) which I made in my previous video on 'making black walnut ink'
I wanted to try to make a pigment out of my black walnut ink, because this ink is known to be very lightfast, and I was wondering whether these properties would transfer to a walnut-based pigment. A nice experiment!
The difference between a dye and a pigment is that dyes are water-soluble, and pigments are not. Dyes are usually used for dyeing clothes, or making inks, whereas pigments can be used to make for example oil or watercolour paint.
One way to turn (natural) dyes into pigments is by using a proces called 'laking'. You basically use a substrate particle that you attach your dye to, making a coloured pigment particle. This is called a lake pigment.
For making my walnut lake pigment, I used alum, baking soda (you can also use chalk), black walnut dye and demineralised water. The process is shown in the video.
For more information, visit:
www.elmahogeboom.nl
Or support my work by purchasing something from my sustainable art webshop:
www.hightreesustainable.com
Please note that this is an inspirational video, and not a tutorial. It is very important to take the appropriate safety precautions when trying something like this yourself. Even when working with natural materials, repeated exposure to dust, for example, can form a health hazard. So please inform yourself on appropriate safety precautions. If you are interested, there are some excellent courses I can recommend on the topic.
=====
© Elma Hogeboom 2022. All rights reserved.
Excuse me madam, I want to buy Walnut lake pigment for oil technique? So Where can I buy it ? Thanks Madam.
Hi! I currently don't know of anyone making black walnut lake pigment besides myself, and I don't have enough of it to sell unfortunately.
@@elmahogeboom I know madam, this is luminous and gorgeous pigment. Thank you madam once again and hope you can create a lot of remarkable works.
Nice to see your video. Can you give some information about your mulling plate? It's white?
Hi! Thanks :) My glass plate broke a while ago unfortunately, so I decided to give a bathroom tile a go that I had saved from a bathroom remodel. It is completely flat and works perfectly 👌
Sorry to hear that it broke. But what a splendid idea to use a tile. And that's okay with the glass runner, I guess? Thanks for your reply!
@@sangmodhargey822 yes, I was quite bummed too, given that they are quite expensive. But I haven't had any problems with my mullers while using a tile. I also use a thrifted glass cutting board that works well. I think the main idea is it being as flat as possible.
hi Elma, you mention in the video that you make your own vegan binder. What ingredients do you use for it? thank you
Hi! Thanks for your question! I actually share the entire process, including ingredients and measurement ratios, in a separate video. You can find it here: ua-cam.com/video/on892FWn4o4/v-deo.html
Hope you enjoy!
@@elmahogeboom thank you!
@@elmahogeboom you are very awesome, thank you.... Eric
Nice Video Elma. I'd like to follow your process. I couldn't quite see the ratio of alum and baking soda per 100ml in your notebook. Would you be so kind to reply with those amounts. Thanks so much
Hi! Thanks for watching and responding to my video! I used 150 ml of walnut ink as a base solution. To that I added 1. a mixture of 7.5 tsp alum and 7.5 tsp distilled water (so the alum mixture has a 1:1 ratio of alum to water), and 2. a mixture of 0.5 cup water with 1 Tbsp baking soda. For a 100 ml walnut dye solution, just multiply these amounts by 2/3. Also, as an alternative, I made a second batch of this lake pigment a couple of days later, using champagne chalk instead of baking soda, which worked well too. Hope this helps, happy experimenting!