Coal paint

Grinding coal in a small, ceramic pestle and mortar. I think it would be easier with a heavier weight one – the coal (despite crumbling in my hands when collecting it) seems incredibly hard, and the dust is coarse.

Mix in proportions of:

2 tsp pigment

I tsp gum arabic

1/2 tsp honey

‘Go easy on the water’

(recipe Theo Chronis)

I love the idea that the pigment is plant material, gum arabic is tree sap and honey is made by bees from plants. Utterly organic paint.

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