Week 2: Color and Pigment Making with Food

This week we used various techniques to create pigments from various food stuffs. We looked at a slideshow with examples of artist who have used food pigments, for example Ellie Irons, Invasive Species Pigment Making and Linda Weintraub, DIY Pigments.

See also this an information sheet with more information and links on various techniques for pigment making.

Preparation and ingredients



Some foods such as berries can be crushed and used straight, to produce more intense colors some ingredients can be boiled and reduced, adding water to any drier ingredients (such as spices).





Rob, Sydney and Daniel make reductions.




Viviann, Jiawen, Lala and Zihong preparing pigments.


Some of the resulting pigments





We also looked at methods of making prints using fish (Gyotaku) and other food stuffs as stamps (onions, cabbage, corn, onions)

Zihong tries gyotaku printing.




Boyan gives himself a tattoo with food pigment and a henna stencil.




Lisha and other students work on making artworks with the pigments.




Some of the resulting artworks




Documentation photographs by Robert Herrera.


FOR NEXT TIME, 9/21:

There is no new assignment for this week, but if you have not already created your blog please create and send a link to both your instructors and if you did not complete the assignment last week use this week to catch up.

Looking ahead your assignment for next time you will be to write a review of the Starving Artist Cookbook display at the MoMA PS1 Book Fair next weekend so please make arrangements to attend the Book Fair next weekend (panel Sunday, September 24, 3-4pm; Book fair Sept. 22-24).

Also watch this space for details about this week's class, will be updating in the next few days.