From Plant to Pigment - Natalie Stopka short stories From the cave dweller painting

From the cave dweller painting a buffalo on a wall to Instagram influencers today

he started photographing her

and design are inseparable components of a unified whole

This book collects thirty texts by Jill Johnston that were initially published in her weekly column for The Village Voice between 1960 and 1974

From Plant to Pigment - Natalie Stopka short stories From the cave dweller paintingA botanical alchemist of the colour world, Natalie Stopka invites you into her studio, revealing her secrets for making vibrant and sustainable pigments, paints, inks and pastels from the common plants you can find growing in your garden or when out on a walk. Natalie's colours stand out from the usual plant dye inks, which fade over time. In the book she demonstrates the fundamental technique of how to make a lake, which binds to the inks and makes