Re: making casein

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From: christine (christine@napc.com)
Date: 07/24/01-08:35:17 AM Z


Rosae Reeder wrote:

>
> By making my own casein, I can control the thickness of the mixture, and for
> me this is important because I use dry pigment instead of watercolor. Soil
> and other earth pigments. The Casein when hardened acts as a glue for the
> dry pigment. Variance in thickness is how I gauge how "chunky " my pigment
> can be. Especially since I sometimes use raw earth.
> Rosae
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Wow, Rosae, that sounds like quite a process. From milk to images. I would
very much like to see some of your work. Is it online somewhere? The use of
earth pigments really intrigues me - I wonder what raw earht gum prints look
like?

-christine


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