{"product_id":"from-plant-to-pigment-how-to-make-paint-pastels-and-chalks-from-plants-9781837760862","title":"From Plant to Pigment: How to Make Paint, Pastels and Chalks from Plants","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA manual full of recipes for artists to create their own pigments, paints, and pastels from botanical sources.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Natalie Stopka is an artist and educator known for her explorations of handmade, homegrown pigments. In \u003ci\u003eFrom Plant to Pigment \u003c\/i\u003eshe\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003einvites us into her studio, sharing the ways she has divested her practice of non-renewable synthetics in favor of the craft of handmade, homegrown, local colour. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Learn the fundamental technique of how to make a lake pigment, transforming botanical dye into lasting, vivid pigment. This book will give you the tools to make the most vibrant natural colors that are perfect for your own artistic endeavors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sections include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Botanical sources\u003c\/b\u003e (cultivating, foraging, harvesting and storing dye plants). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e The studio larder\u003c\/b\u003e (essential equipment and ingredients). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Lake pigments\u003c\/b\u003e (including Natalie's master lake pigment recipe). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Other plant pigments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Artists' materials\u003c\/b\u003e (using your botanical pigments to make an array of artists' materials). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skittledog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837760862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176","brand":"Natalie Stopka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51581068476597,"sku":"9781837760862","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_dcd19330-ce97-4b8e-a926-dad57732af33.jpg?v=1755619520","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/from-plant-to-pigment-how-to-make-paint-pastels-and-chalks-from-plants-9781837760862","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}