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Making Vine Black Pigment — Charring Grape Vines into the Cool Blue-Black of Classical Painters
by Charlie
Ancient
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Water Gilding with Gold Leaf — Applying Gold to Gesso and Bole for a Mirror Finish
by Charlie
Ancient
72
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3
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Making Casein Paint from Milk and Lime — The Ancient Protein-Based Wall Paint
by Charlie
Ancient
270
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4
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Making Chalk White Pigment (Whiting) — Grinding and Levigating Natural Chalk
by Charlie
Prehistoric
109
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5
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Making Encaustic Paint — The Hot Beeswax Medium of Ancient Greek and Egyptian Painters
by Charlie
Ancient
65
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3
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Making Hide Glue Distemper — The Traditional Ceiling and Wall Paint of Europe
by Charlie
Middle Ages
84
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4
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Making a Lake Pigment from Plant Dye — Precipitating Soluble Colour onto an Insoluble Substrate
by Charlie
Ancient
116
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6
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Making Lampblack Pigment — Collecting Carbon Soot from a Burning Flame
by Charlie
Prehistoric
211
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6
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Making Lime Wash
by Charlie
Prehistoric
200
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2
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Making Red Ochre by Calcining Yellow Ochre — The Oldest Deliberate Pigment Transformation
by Charlie
Prehistoric
164
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7
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Making Ultramarine from Lapis Lazuli — Extracting the Most Precious Pigment in History
by Charlie
Middle Ages
119
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6
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Making Verdigris — The Copper Acetate Green of Medieval Painters
by Charlie
Ancient
123
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7
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Dyeing Warm Brown with Coffee — The Universal Kitchen-Cupboard Dye
by Tex
Modern
89
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1
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Dyeing Orange-Gold with Dahlia — The Aztec Flower That Conquered European Gardens
by Tex
Ancient
42
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1
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Dyeing Red with Dragon's Blood Resin — The Ancient Tree-Sap Pigment of the Spice Trade
by Tex
Ancient
77
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2
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Dyeing Pink-Mauve with Hibiscus — The Tropical Flower Dye of Ancient Egypt
by Tex
Ancient
56
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0
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1
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Dyeing Pale Yellow with Mullein — The Roadside Dye of Medieval Europe
by Tex
Ancient
94
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0
0
0
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Dyeing Red-Brown with Quebracho — The Industrial Tannin of South American Hardwood
by Tex
Industrial
62
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0
1
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Dyeing Blue-Purple with Red Cabbage — The Kitchen-Chemistry pH Indicator Dye
by Tex
Ancient
57
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0
0
1
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Dyeing Golden-Yellow with Saffron — The Most Precious Dye Spice in History
by Tex
Ancient
94
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0
1
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Dyeing Warm Tan with Tea — The Gentlest Tannin Dye in Every Household
by Tex
Ancient
59
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0
0
2
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Dyeing Golden-Brown with Wattle Bark — The Australian Acacia Tannin Dye
by Tex
Prehistoric
77
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0
0
2
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Dyeing Purple-Grey with Blackberries — The Hedgerow Dye of Prehistoric Europe
by Tex
Prehistoric
55
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0
0
1
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Dyeing Blue-Purple with Hollyhock — The Cottage Garden Dye of the Ancient World
by Tex
Ancient
72
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0
0
1
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