~ 4 online gatherings January 2025 ~

If you’re aiming to emphasize on the technical, scientific and alchemical aspects of working with and cultivating plant dyes and pigments to make paint for printing; during these gatherings you can learn about the scientific dimensions of color.

Some of these chemical, biological and artistic research questions will be answered and developed together:

- Which painting plants have a relatively large yield of dye, and are therefore suited for use on a larger scale?

- How can waste of the food industry be used to extract natural dye?

- Which applications of dye plants are of interest for society?

- Which binders are best suited for different printing techniques and to what extent does this depend on the used colourants/pigments?

- Which extraction methods are (per plants) most beneficial to obtain as much dye as possible?

- Which techniques (like changing the pH) are there to influence the intensity of natural colourants?

- What is the function of colourants (for instance, in the roots of) plants?

- Why does the amount of colourant in plants change over time?

- How do the surroundings (soil, other plants) influence the creation of colourants in the plant?

- What is the chemical background of the change of natural colourants, by adding tannin or another natural flux material, as opposed to metal salts?

- How does the harvesting method influence the quality of the extracted colourants?

-Are there factors during the extraction process that influence the nuance of the final colourant?

Dates: January 10, 17, 24, 31

Time: 18:00 - 19:30 (Central European Time) - please make sure which will be your time zone.

for more info please email to: hello@lucilakenny.com

Blessings 🌿

Sessions will be recorded in case you cannot join every week.

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