What is Verdigris? It’s funny when a color won’t stay one color. Verdigris was the first green my group, Team Green, chose to make for…
Tag: pigment-making
Introduction Chances are, you’ve probably never been inside the caves of Afghanistan. But if you’ve gone caving in the video game Minecraft, you might have…
When my Team Green-mates had already made the three biggest greens in medieval manuscripts—verdigris, malachite, and organic (plant) greens—it was time to think outside the…
Let’s talk reds. Bright, vibrant, and usually toxic – reds were one of the most important pigments for any medieval manuscript. Hi, we’re Team Red,…
If you’ve been following our experimentation, this is another installment in which I will be documenting our trials in making…
Let’s Jump into Lakes
When dipping our brushes into medieval pigments, we should familiarize ourselves with a common form of pigments, the lake. Lakes are an organic pigment made…