pigments talk
Each month PRI features a guest speaker for our Pigments Talk segment on the third Saturday of the month at 12pm Pacific time. We also have a collection of recordings from the SUMA Series: STEAM and the Indigeneity of Pigments, a collaboration between PRI and The Redi Institute, as well as recordings of various other events. You can access all our recordings on the Resources page.
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Pigments Talk is recorded and made available
to members on our website.
May 18, 12pm Pacific daylight time (convert time zones here)
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Pigments Talk
with David Coles of Langridge Artist Colours
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Contact information:
IG: langridgecolours
+61 3 9689 0577
"Behind the Scenes of a Paint-maker"
Take a tour with David Coles, founder and master paintmaker at Langridge Artist Colours. The presentation will reveal the inner workings of one of the world’s leading artist’s oil paint makers. The tour will include a visit to the Langridge pigment room with explanation on the sourcing and decision making in a range of historic and modern pigments. A full description of inorganic pigments used, mostly natural, but some synthetic, will be the basis of the talk.
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David Coles will explain the company’s long-standing relationships with our European ochre suppliers and ongoing efforts to work with Australian Aboriginal art communities to equitably supply native ochres.
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Watch drying oils and pigments being first mixed, then perfectly milled on our triple-roll mill to create fully dispersed professional quality paint.
A final explanation on the future of sustainable colour, including the partnering with projects involved in reclamation of oxides from acid mine drainage.
Paint-makers’ boots at the Langridge factory. Little works of art!