tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22404692373696593452012-01-24T05:00:08.562-08:00Exclusive workshops on the preparation and application of natural and mineral pigments in different binding mediums. Preparation includes grinding and levigation of pigments through proteinaceous solutions. Pigments include azurite, lapis lazuli, malachite, cinnabar, orpiment, realgar, red and green jasper, purpurite, viviante, stibnite, pyrolusite and the natural ochres. Binding mediums include egg tempera, casein, pine resins and oils.Michael Price Pigment Workshopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05590019036811216123noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240469237369659345.post-68557326712987686352007-01-12T09:15:00.000-08:002008-12-08T21:22:16.791-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/RagDnABuEUI/AAAAAAAAAEI/c-AX2YI7N_U/s1600-h/The_Opus_and_Self_Portrait.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/RagDnABuEUI/AAAAAAAAAEI/c-AX2YI7N_U/s320/The_Opus_and_Self_Portrait.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019265753261412674" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.michaelprice.info/"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Michael Price </span></a><a href="http://www.michaelprice.info/"><br /></a></div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.michaelprice.info/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Weekend </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Workshop</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-weight: bold;">s in New York </span></span></span></a><br /><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/RafURABuEHI/AAAAAAAAABQ/_nRecV1l7rQ/s1600-h/Selection_of_Minerals.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/RafURABuEHI/AAAAAAAAABQ/_nRecV1l7rQ/s200/Selection_of_Minerals.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019213698257784946" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.michaelprice.info/"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-GB">The Prepara</span></a><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.michaelprice.info/"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-GB">tion and Application of</span></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.michaelprice.info/"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-GB">Natural and</span></a><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.michaelprice.info/"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-GB"> Mineral Pigments</span></a><br /></span><br /><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/RagB6QBuETI/AAAAAAAAAD8/oZoovxb8-JU/s1600-h/Copy+of+Workshop+pestel+and+mortar.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/RagB6QBuETI/AAAAAAAAAD8/oZoovxb8-JU/s200/Copy+of+Workshop+pestel+and+mortar.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019263884950638898" border="0" /></a></p><br /><div style="text-align: left;">For details of these monthly weekend workshops in collaboration with Kremer Pigments and Synopia go to:</div> </div> <p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.michaelprice.info/">http://www.michaelprice.info</a><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal">Below, Daniel Burge from Ireland grinding lapis lazuli - as you can see quite a grind!<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/RagRPQBuEXI/AAAAAAAAAEk/dS8TDLjaCb8/s1600-h/Workshop+lapis+lazuli.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/RagRPQBuEXI/AAAAAAAAAEk/dS8TDLjaCb8/s200/Workshop+lapis+lazuli.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019280738402308466" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br />Here are some emails from recent participants:<br /><b style=""><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><br />From Jock </span></i></b><st1:city><st1:place><b style=""><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Anderson</span></i></b></st1:place></st1:city><b style=""><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b><br /><span lang="EN-GB">- your workshop has given me so much to think about that it's opened a whole new way of approaching my work - it really is a mind blower</span><span lang="EN-GB"> - I'll bet it has that effect on a lot of art</span><span lang="EN-GB">ists...<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Below, some exquisite crystals of lapis lazuli embedded in calcite. These specimens are from Afghanistan.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/RagPSgBuEVI/AAAAAAAAAEU/BfodXZtvVxA/s1600-h/Lapis_lazuli.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/RagPSgBuEVI/AAAAAAAAAEU/BfodXZtvVxA/s200/Lapis_lazuli.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019278595213627730" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="sg"><b style=""><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB">From Lynn Varley</span></i></b></span><br /><span lang="EN-GB">Hi Michael,<br />I got busy with the holidays and have been out of town. I should have written you sooner </span><span lang="EN-GB">to tell you how much I enjoyed the two days at your studio. I learned a great deal, thanks to your perseverance and willingness to share. Of course, I also have so many questions. I see on the Kremer site that you have workshops coming up in 2007. Please let me know if you have a few people who have already had the basic workshop and like me, would be eager to return for a second semester. I read the material you handed out and am glad to ha</span><span lang="EN-GB">ve it. Thanks again for an informative and fascinating weekend. I look forward to your book.</span><br /><span lang="EN-GB">Best wishes for a productive and healthy New Year.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Below, Lynn observing how to levigate azurite and purify the pigment.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/RagQEABuEWI/AAAAAAAAAEc/3ZbWuT28-r8/s1600-h/Workshop+Dec2006+No.1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/RagQEABuEWI/AAAAAAAAAEc/3ZbWuT28-r8/s200/Workshop+Dec2006+No.1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019279445617152354" border="0" /></a><b style=""><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><br />From <span class="sg">Irvin Almonte</span></span></i></b><br /><span lang="EN-GB">Hello Mr. Price:<br />I just wanted to thank you for your workshop. There comes a point in an artist's life when</span><span lang="EN-GB"> he learns something from someone that he takes to heart and implements it into his work. Like other artists in the past who've traveled far and were then influenced, you showed me some new possibilities in the quality of work that I can achieve. Unlike Raphael who did not learn something about chromatic volume from the guy next door (Michaelangelo), I'll make good use of what I've learned.</span><span lang="EN-GB"> So, I simply wanted to thank you for what you've done and are</span><span lang="EN-GB"> doing.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Below, shows the azurite being ground further to produce the desired blue hues.<br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/Rafl7QBuERI/AAAAAAAAADc/faI6maTmOXE/s1600-h/Workshop+azurite.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/Rafl7QBuERI/AAAAAAAAADc/faI6maTmOXE/s200/Workshop+azurite.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019233115804930322" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br />And finally, azurite under the microscope showing a fascinating view of the result after levigation. This is a very pure pigment and when applied correctly will produce a blue no longer available on the palette of modern colours.<br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/Raoo4gBuEYI/AAAAAAAAAE4/MwmT2zDaryU/s1600-h/Azurite+1++16x-003-01127.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kUUm-cavOGI/Raoo4gBuEYI/AAAAAAAAAE4/MwmT2zDaryU/s200/Azurite+1++16x-003-01127.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019869685792772482" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2240469237369659345-6855732671298768635?l=pigmentworkshops.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Price Pigment Workshopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05590019036811216123noreply@blogger.com1