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The Alchemical Arts
Australia
Приєднався 14 січ 2019
The Alchemical Arts channel is a way in which I can share my journey down the Alchemical path. The channel will be as much concerned with the practical side of Alchemical exploration as it will be with the psycho spiritual domain of the Alchemical dream.
This channel is also a look into the intricate processes that go into making many of the paints and pigments that I go on to sell. A key philosophy of The Alchemical Arts is to help artists to develop a deeper bond with the materials that they use.
So it's my hope that alongside reaching my own Alchemical goals, these videos may also aid in the process of intensifying the relationship between artists and their art - through the mediums that make it possible.
This channel is also a look into the intricate processes that go into making many of the paints and pigments that I go on to sell. A key philosophy of The Alchemical Arts is to help artists to develop a deeper bond with the materials that they use.
So it's my hope that alongside reaching my own Alchemical goals, these videos may also aid in the process of intensifying the relationship between artists and their art - through the mediums that make it possible.
Manganese Violet - How to make a very rich purple!
Had a break through on make manganese violet!
This is a wonderfully simple but effective synthesis of a very rewarding pigment.
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This is a wonderfully simple but effective synthesis of a very rewarding pigment.
If you want to purchase any of my pigments here is a link to
The Alchemical Arts store
www.thealchemicalarts.com/product-category/pigments/
Website - www.thealchemicalarts.com/
Etsy - www.etsy.com/au/shop/AlchemicalArtsStore
Patreon - www.patreon.com/thealchemicalarts
Instagram - thealchemicalarts
Facebook - TheAlchemicalArts
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Black Coal - A Natural Found & Ground Pigment.
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This week I am following my previous carbon black experiments by grinding up some natural coal to see if i can make a usable pigment from it. if you are interested in using this pigment as a watercolour follow the link bellow to The Alchemical Arts store. www.thealchemicalarts.com/product-category/paint-sets/ If you are looking to learn to make your own watercolour paints I have a very comprehe...
Dutch Pink... A Yellow Buckthorn Lake Pigment.
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This episode I am making a Buckthorn Lake pigment know as Dutch Pink. I will also be turning the pigment into an oil paint and doing some glazing with it. If you want to get your own buckthorn berries to make this pigment check out the selection of lake making materials over at St Lukes stlukeart.com/colour/dyes/natural-dyes/ Link for the Glaze Medium www.cornelissen.com/oils/mediums-and-siccat...
How to make Medieval Ink - Iron Gall Black
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This time on the Alchemical Arts I will be making a traditional Iron Black ink from oak galls. If you want to make this at home here is the recipe I used for making my ink. irongallink.org/how-to-make-ink-recipes-and-instructions.html If you want to learn to make your own watercolour paints check out my comprehensive course. courses.thealchemicalarts.com/the-complete-guide-to-watercolour-paint-...
Not so simple Charcoal Black pigment!
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Not so simple Charcoal Black pigment!
Alternative Lake Making Process - Brazil Wood Lake
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This week I am making brazil wood lake using a different method of precipitation. I am using chalk (calcium carbonate) as my precipitation medium to see if there are differences to using something like sodium carbonate. Online Watercolour Paint Making Course courses.thealchemicalarts.com/the-complete-guide-to-watercolour-paint-making Store - www.thealchemicalarts.com/ Etsy - www.etsy.com/au/sho...
Yellow Ochre - How to prepare your own ochre pigments.
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I went out on the weekend and found some lovely Yellow Ochre and decide to process it up and share the experience with every one. Online Watercolour Paint Making Course courses.thealchemicalarts.com/the-complete-guide-to-watercolour-paint-making Store - www.thealchemicalarts.com/ Etsy - www.etsy.com/au/shop/AlchemicalArtsStore Patreon - www.patreon.com/thealchemicalarts Instagram - instagram.co...
Trying to crack the secrets of Maya Blue! Part 1
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This part 1 of my Maya Blue experiment journal. Although I didn't really get any where close to my desired outcome I was able to learn a lot. With these failures I am now able to better direct my next course of action. Link to the Clay I am working with en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palygorskite Online WaterColour Paint Making Course courses.thealchemicalarts.com/the-complete-guide-to-watercolour-paint...
2022 Update!
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Hello everyone here is my 2022 update video. If you are interested in learning to make your own water colours then follow the link below to the online course I made last year. courses.thealchemicalarts.com/the-complete-guide-to-watercolour-paint-making Store - www.thealchemicalarts.com/ Etsy - www.etsy.com/au/shop/AlchemicalArtsStore Patreon - www.patreon.com/thealchemicalarts Instagram - insta...
Alum Synthesis For Lake Making
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I am back! Starting the year off with some simple prep chem. I am making Alum (Potassium Aluminium Sulphate) Alum is a key ingredient in lake making so I am showing a simple and cheap way to make it from Potassium Sulphate and Aluminium Sulphate.
Woad Part 2 | Blue Indigo Extraction
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In this episode I continue my work with the woad that I have been growing by extracting the indigo from the fresh leaves of the plant. I also try out a modified medieval recipe for a blue pigment made from woad and chalk. 🎨 Ever thought about making your own paints? 🎨 I've just launched my first ever Online Paint Making Course: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO WATERCOLOUR PAINT MAKING 👉 courses.thealchemi...
Chamomile Lake | How to Turn Flowers Into Paint
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In this episode I will be making Chamomile Lake from Anthemis tinctoria which is dyers Chamomile. It was a really fun and simple lake making experiment and I was really happy with the resulting pigment. 🎨 Ever thought about making your own paints? 🎨 I've just launched my first ever Online Paint Making Course: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO WATERCOLOUR PAINT MAKING 👉 courses.thealchemicalarts.com/the-com...
Can I make Pigment from Bugs?! | First Experiments with Carmine.
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Here are my first experiments working with the cochineal insect shells to try and make Carmine pigment and Carmine Lakes. It was an interesting a fun experiment and I certainly have a lot more to learn. If any one out there has experience working with Carmine please let me know in the comments as I could use all the help I can get on this one. There will be a lot more experimenting to come with...
Making Woad Dye | Part 1: The Harvest
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First episode for the year! Today I will be starting my first journey into the wonderful world of woad, I will be harvesting the woad plants I have been growing over the spring and summer and processing the plants into what are called 'woad balls'. It's a messy process but it was also a lot of fun, and I really look forward to processing the woad further and seeing what kind of pigment we can m...
Green Verditer | Making a Synthetic Malachite Pigment
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Here is the follow up video to the last video of Blue Verditer, where this time I will make the green version of copper carbonate. This process is not perfect by any means, but it yielded a fairly usable result and was relatively easy to do. Let me know in the comments below what you think of the colour and thanks for watching. If you are interested in using this pigment we have half pans of th...
Blue Verditer Pigment Synthesis | The Melancholy of Venus
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Blue Verditer Pigment Synthesis | The Melancholy of Venus
Beginning a Colour Garden | Update #1
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Beginning a Colour Garden | Update #1
How to Make Your Own Watercolor Binder: A Beginner's Guide
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How to Make Your Own Watercolor Binder: A Beginner's Guide
How to Make Your Own Lake Pigments: Pomegranate Yellow
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How to Make Your Own Lake Pigments: Pomegranate Yellow
Cobalt Titanate | Retro Mint Green Pigment
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Cobalt Titanate | Retro Mint Green Pigment
Experimental Pigment Time! | All things Cobalt
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Experimental Pigment Time! | All things Cobalt
Lead White Update | The digestion & whitening of Saturn
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Lead White Update | The digestion & whitening of Saturn
Genuine Madder Lake Pigment extraction.
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Genuine Madder Lake Pigment extraction.
would be a difference in grinding it with a muller and with a roller machine?
Same with opium and hashish lol it help drying storing measures etc et. Rather than a sort of Mat.
Hey brother. It has been a year. You are the reason I started making my own paint and I wanna make sure you're doing alright. You know how on the insides of oak galls there are wasp eggs when you dissect em? I wanna make oil paint out of tons of wasp eggs from the galls because it's a side product and I've never read anyone doing it. It'll take hundreds of oak galls.
1:44 not true
When heat the pigment its turn white always why
Wonderfull video! thanks a lot for sharing!
He quít doing video?
I haven't just been really busy for a year now. Hopefully will get back at it soon
@@TheAlchemicalArts glad to hear that.Please take your time,I really appreciate all your works.
Brilliant!
What's the alum for?
Is the binder edible? I’m asking for a friend
Hi sir . Can talking with you ? I need your help 🙏
You said it had to be done in a cold environment but then you didn't make it cold at all? I don't understand
Oh at 29:20 is the first time you mention the temperature you are working at. I guess you forgot to tell us it was, in fact, cold!
How are transparency and lightfastness of this pigment? Did you test under the sunlight or UV?
If there not light fast no use
WOW!! What patience you have! Great demo. Beautiful color!
Fascinating process. How do you dry it? I have not seen how you filter it? Maybe, a speeded up part or just explaining the process. What did you add to it ? Walnut oil or linseed oil? Have you ever used a frosted glass plate instead of marble?
5:39 ah, beautiful sounds to send to your enemies 😂
I really appreciated your info! The long format did not bother me; I am from the 70s-80s so we have long attention spans LOL.
Thank you so much for this! Mine has flowered this year, if I harvest the flowers do you use them the same way or does that makes more yellow pigment? Or is it solely the leaves I should use and I leave the flowers to go to seed? Thank you so much again for all of your help and sharing your knowledge with us 🥰❤️❤️❤️
hellooooo very nice video... just wondering about the mill, the ball grinding mill.. could you share the brand or model? Im very instersted.
Interesting enjoyed this a lot.
Very cool pigment! Have you tried to thicken it up? I think that some combination of oils or starch could help with that
How do you discard the water left after filtering? Is it safe to pour down the drain?
Yes it is safe to just go down the drain
stop using ssshits for cats 🤢
Could you explain for us the laking process in another video? I have some genuine carmine (cochineal) but don't know how to make it into a workable pigment. Could I simply add it to a solution of hot alum? I don't want to waste this not very cheap carmine but not knowing how to work with it, I might just make a mess of it. Thank you - Jason Michael Adamik Fine Art
Hermosa cómo es la química y la naturaleza, estudiaba química pero hoy con proyecto de fibras vegetales.Gracias
Now, can you make Ultramarine Blue ? I think it requires about two weeks of kiln time...
I did the frothy mess thing once too lol… eeek
Have you tried dyeing fabric with the beautiful blue you got from the woad?
What is the soda solution?
I find it easiest to use a magnetic stirrer on low to mix my gum arabic so it doesn't stick to the sides. Start it spinning and watch TV for 20 minutes and its ready.
How much clove oil do you recommend putting into this recipe? You didn’t mention it in the description
Ciao grazie per i tuoi video davvero istruttivi ed interessanti ... Volevo solo chiederti se ho capito bene ...hai aggiunto 3 gr di allume e 10 grammi di carbonato di calcio ? Grazie
Do you not have refrigerator? I guess I misheard you when I thought you said the temperature needs to be low. From what I saw you do, I think I am going to mix up some sacked lime (Calcium hydroxide, or quick lime and water) and throw in some copper sulfate (because I have some on hand) and toss it in the fridge to see if anything happens in the next interminably long period of time, or less. Inert smiley face icon here ---X I'm sure if I had some copper nitrate and limestone in a refrigerated jar it would be English-a-riffic blue sooner or later but the sacked lime and copper sulfate seems a bit sketchy. What the heck ... sounds easy and fun.
Could you create this and then very evenly mix it with a resin, grind that up very finely, and then apply a strong magnetic field to separate the powder granules with the most product in it. Then you could mix this in with the linseed oil to make a blue oil paint that won't turn green.
Love this, I hope to see more of your endeavours ❤
You are doing a great effort. I'm glad you're safe. Thank you for sharing your experience
Nice demo. I feel like a scientist now...
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You think it is possible to Lake Purpleheart hardwood? It has a lovely purple colour, I wonder how the Alum would affect it.
Brilliantly explained again. Just waited a month for some stil le grain from India......I was speechless how tiny amount there was, less than half an oxo cube. If in doubt diy, this is a great channel.
Always the go to channel for historical pigments, thanks.
Please make a video about car paint binder
Can this binder use for car Paint binding?
Color divino genial genial
Can we use sugar instead of honey?
If you first mix the gum with glycerin, then add it to the hot water, it will not form lumps. I do this all the time when dissolving certain gums. Also, anytime you add water to a formula, it will need a preservative to prevent microbial growth.
Hey dude, how u doin, i love your videos, btw have u ever tried to make red with copper?
how do you know how much chalk to use for each pigment? what do you do if precipitation isn’t occurring? also are you using literal chalk (crayola)?
would a piece of fry ice plopped in produce more oxidation?