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How Earth Pigments Transform Your Creative Practice

The earth pigment process is full of discovery and the act is quite transformative. It influences the way you perceive the world and moves throughout your creative practice. This topic is so dear to me, and while writing is a big part of my creative process, I also enjoy sharing creative conversations. Today, I am bringing you something that is a bit more personal—a true and honest dialogue. In the above audio recording, I give three ways earth pigments inspire a deeper connection with our outer landscapes, our inner landscapes, and our creative practice. Below are written notes from the recording for you to reflect upon, and explore deeper.

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Honoring Nature's Colors—An Interview about Natural Earth Pigments

Recently, I was asked to share my thoughts on pigments in my work in the format of eight beautiful questions. Sharing an exchange of thoughts with Ginni Seehagel of Seadar Shop, an artist, writer, and walker who seeks and finds joy in the world as it is, was a gift of light and appreciation for the Earth.

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Testing for Natural Pigments

As you begin to collect natural earth pigments, you may find it helpful to do a couple of local tests on the rocks you have collected. These tests can help identify the materials you are collecting, as well as build an understanding and a language for the characteristics of natural earth pigments.

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Reciprocal Pigment Gathering

As you begin collecting natural earth pigments, it’s important to remember to protect the landscape. I have formed a relationship with the earth that I cannot really put into words. It didn’t grow overnight but over a long time of interest and curiosity. Collecting earth pigments sustainably and ethically requires mindful actions. Through your process, I encourage you to build a long-term dialogue with different spaces. This builds trust and intimacy within multi-species communities.

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How to Find Natural Earth Pigments

Finding and collecting natural Earth pigments is a gift. It hones your senses to the environment around you, connecting you to the landscape in ways you haven’t felt before. Finding natural earth pigments is about being aware. To a degree, there is a science to it, but having an innate sense of curiosity will springboard your search for natural earth pigments. 

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Studio Reflection 07/19

For a few years I’ve frequently found myself in a new place. Moving isn’t a foreign concept to me, but every time I embark on a new journey it’s full of reflections and learnings. This week, I embarked on another move to my fourth state, Maryland.

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The Language of Material in Your Creative Practice

Throughout the month of June things have progressed very slowly in my studio. Most of the month I have placed my energy and focus on gathering my supplies into boxes so I can continue my creative journey in a new city. The time I’ve spent processing through each material, supply, and pigment has gathered an array of thoughts on my slow studio practice .

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