PAINT MAKING
THE ART OF MAKING PAINT
The art of making paint requires some basic tools and skills to process minerals into pigment that can be used for making paints of various kinds. Earth and plant based pigments can be used to make watercolors, egg tempera, encaustic, oil, and mixed with other binders to make professional artist paints. Plant based dyes can also be used to make lake pigments that are infused with a white mineral that acts as a filler material to which the dye bonds. In some cases, local binders can be used to substitute the store bought binders from distant landscapes.
CUSTOM PAINTS
The Pigment Lab's Three Roll Mill and Ball Mill are now available for milling small batches for artists who need assistance in processing their own mineral pigments into various types of paints. The cost of milling materials will depend on the properties of the materials sent to the lab. In the future, the mobile pigment lab and gallery will also be available to stop by artists studios, art & cultural centers, art museums and galleries, and at other local educational institutions. To find out more about pigment processing and paint making services send an email through the contact page.