In this 3rd DVD from Slow Fiber Studios, Michel Garcia illustrates the magic of colors from plants and insects. Beginning with a playful demonstration with garden flowers, Michel develops foundations for dyes to pigments – inks for calligraphy, paints for printing and silk painting, pure pigments for watercolor, lake pigments and Maya Blue for wood and plaster walls, and dye extracts for one-bath dyeing of protein fibers.
The Foundations for the Colors of Europe will open doors to those who work with colors and live with imagination. Enjoy!
Details: 2 disc set / Run time: 238 minutes / English narration and subtitles.
DISC ONE: Using metallic salts to make organic inks; The application of colors on paper & silk; Precipitating pigments from liquid to paste; Making pure pigments.
DISC TWO: Creatings Lacs: making lakes and extracts; The three primary pigments: red,yellow and blue; Dyeing the lakes; Painting on wood & plaster walls.
Produced by Yoshiko I Wada and Slow Fiber Studios. Directed and filmed by Studio Galli Productions.