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Experiments With Rust: Going 4 the Gold

Experimenting with rust. Mmm rust. Amazing how many colors it gives out. I'm trying for an earthy gold and a couple other tones. On the left is Pyrex coffee pot with nails, which were soaking in a solution for a few days. I simmered them down to a dark crust.



pigment in two forms
Nigredo --> Pigmento

On the right - ta da! Powder pigment, still unrefined, needs more grinding, but showing a bit of the warm gold. It has a velvety feel and breaks down into a lighter gold when rubbed between thumb and finger.


From the left pic it went through hydration and drying again, making a reddish phase which lightened on grinding. This is test batch No. 3 (officially). No. 2 was lost in a tragic container accident. The first one I roasted, and made a rich dark tone I'm still mulling over. Aiming for a few different paint pigments: earth gold, copper, red and a dusky purple.


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