{"product_id":"from-plant-to-pigment-how-to-make-your-own-vibrant-inks-pastels-and-paints-hardcover","title":"From Plant to Pigment: How to Make Your Own Vibrant Inks, Pastels and Paints - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNatalie Stopka\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring manual full of recipes for artists to create their own pigments, paints, and pastels from botanical sources.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatalie Stopka is an artist and educator known for her explorations of handmade, homegrown pigments. In \u003ci\u003eFrom Plant to Pigment \u003c\/i\u003eshe invites 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\u003eLearn the fundamental technique of how to make a lake pigment, transforming botanical dye into lasting, vivid pigment. This gorgeous 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\u003eSections 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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatalie Stopka \u003c\/b\u003eis a leading practitioner and artistic researcher of lake pigments and has been sharing her expertise and love of plant colorants with students for over a decade. Raised on the south coast of Massachusetts, she earned her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and MFA from the University of New Mexico. She now lives in New York State.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.9 x 6.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44815121416294,"sku":"9781837760862","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/mD4eh9dk4o9781837760862.webp?v=1771865699","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/from-plant-to-pigment-how-to-make-your-own-vibrant-inks-pastels-and-paints-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}