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Category: Natural Pigments

Cassandra Tondro natural pigment painting
Natural Pigments/Paintings

Rags to Riches

Posted on January 17, 2023 / 0 Comment

Hi Friends, I was in the mood to change things up in my house, and I was rummaging through the studio to see what forgotten art I could find. I stumbled upon a ...

Cassandra Tondro art
Natural Pigments/Paintings/Poured Paint

Daydreams

Posted on September 13, 2022 / 6 Comments

Hi Friends, It’s been brutally hot and humid here the past couple of weeks, and the studio feels like a steambath. I was taking a break from the heat and ...

Cassandra Tondro natural dyes
Natural Dyeing/Natural Materials/Natural Pigments/Rust Dyeing

Experimention with Materials

Posted on August 2, 2022 / 9 Comments

Greetings Friends, Now the compost pile is cooking! This is more what I expected to see from a piece of painted canvas buried in the compost pile for two weeks....

Cassandra Tondro art
Natural Materials/Natural Pigments

Compost Update

Posted on July 19, 2022 / 4 Comments

Hi Friends, Three weeks ago I buried a small painting in my compost pile, expecting it to pick up some color from the decomposing plant matter. Here’s wha...

Cassandra Tondro natural pigment art
Musings/Natural Materials/Natural Pigments/Paintings

Skunk Medicine

Posted on May 31, 2022 / 5 Comments

Hi Friends, I’ve been dealing with a skunk for the past couple of months. At first it was just nearby, and I occasionally smelled skunk spray in the middl...

Cassandra Tondro earth pigment painting
Natural Pigments/Paintings

Earth Speaks

Posted on May 3, 2022 / 2 Comments

Hi Friends, I’ve been working on some new paintings in my “Earth Speaks” series — the paintings created using natural earth pigments. I ...

Natural Pigments/Paintings

Learning New Skills

Posted on March 29, 2022 / 6 Comments

Hi Friends, My mom is on an archaeological dig going through everything in her house in preparation for her move. One of the things she found and gave to me was...

Cassandra Tondro natural pigments
Natural Materials/Natural Pigments/Paintings

Learning New Tricks

Posted on March 8, 2022 / 0 Comment

Hi Friends, Last week I got the bug to paint using natural earth pigments. This comes up for me from time to time, but I usually set it aside because my experim...

Earth Pigment in Soy Milk Binder on Cotton Canvas
Natural Pigments

English Red Dark Earth Pigment

Posted on October 19, 2016 / 0 Comment

How cool is this? It’s Sinopia’s English Red Dark powdered earth pigment in a soy milk binder poured onto scrunched up cotton canvas. I love the pat...

Ecoprint and natural plant dye on canvas
Leaf Prints/Natural Dyeing/Natural Pigments

Ancient Relics

Posted on July 6, 2015 / 0 Comment

I’ve been working on some leaf printed and upcycled pillows, and I love the way these two pieces turned out looking like old and mysterious ancient relics...

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