Pigment Hunter has been foraging for materials and teaching other artists for over 15 years on how to use local natural resources to make sustainable and environmentally friendly paints. If your interested in learning more about the current educational opportunities or if you want to coordinate a workshop where you live please reach out to Pigment Hunter or look at the upcoming workshops posted on the website.
Photo : Buck the Cubicle
HANDS ON EXPERIENCES
Learning through hands on experiences that involve seeing with ones own's eyes and working with your own hands is the basis for all educational workshops whether we are pigment hunting in the field or paint making in the studio. Educational workshops in nature help bring to light the colors of the earth by learning how to read the landscape in search of potential pigment for making paint. All workshops provide direct experiences with processing minerals into pigments and combining them with various binders in the studio provides a better understanding of the nature of making paint.
CULTURAL REGENERATION
Pigment Hunter's work with mineral pigments first began with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in Portland where Scott worked with the Life Ways program for over 4 years to rediscover and regenerate the use of mineral pigments as paints from the traditional ceded territories. During the time working with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Scott worked intimately with tribal members to make paints with mineral pigments for use on drums, wood carvings, and on paper or canvas.
The vision of Pigment Hunter is to continue this work by helping other individuals and cultural groups to rediscover and integrate the use of local materials into their own art forms and cultural lifeways that are rooted in the ancestral lands. Scott's background in fine art and landscape architecture provides a unique perspective and understanding of the cultural landscapes that gave birth to the amazing diversity of cultures throughout the world.
An important part of this work is to research and document the use of traditional materials for future generations to integrate into their own art forms and other important cultural uses. Mapping has become an important tool in this process not only in helping to discover sites and sources of traditional materials, but also to help preserve the knowledge for future generations.
Feel free to reach out to Pigment Hunter via email or phone which is located on the contact page if you have any questions or would like to talk about potential of collaborating on a project that involves rediscovering materials for your own art and cultural lifeways programming.