pigments talk
Saturday, January 17,
12pm Pacific
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From Plant to Pigment
Join Natalie Stopka, author of the new studio manual "From Plant to Pigment", for a Pigments Talk celebrating the bounteous hues of the botanical world. With a focus on lake pigments and indigo, her book is full of recipes for extracting plant dyes and fixing them in pigment form. Natalie will share a definition and demonstration of laking, a discussion on how historical plant pigments shaped both craft and chemistry, and a clarion call to reconnect to the heritage of homegrown and local botanical pigments. Attendees will get a peek at the 200+ colors Natalie concocted while testing recipes for From Plant to Pigment, including the notable successes and failures that taught her lessons along the way. The presentation will be followed by Q&A.
Bio
Natalie Stopka is an artist and educator focused on the material history of color and sustainable studio practice. She captures material and elemental interactions in her experimental printmaking practice, incorporating a seasonally-changing vocabulary of plant dyes and handmade pigments. Natalie’s studio and dye garden are located in Yonkers, New York. She is the author of From Plant to Pigment (Skittledog, 2025).
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