Introducing
Ground Studies
This work is part of Ground Studies, an ongoing series using hand-processed pigments derived from soil, ash, and mineral. Each colour is foraged, mulled, and bound by hand. The result is not controlled, but uncovered; a record of material, movement, and moment.
Mulling Pigment
Each pigment begins as gathered material; soil, ash, clay, or mineral. Each is processed slowly by hand into usable paint. Mulling breaks the particles down further, changing not only the texture and saturation of the pigment, but the way it moves, settles, and dries on paper. No batch behaves exactly the same. Variations in mineral content, moisture, particle size, and preparation all influence the final result.
STUDIO NOTES
Leading with curiosity
My exploration of earth pigments began quietly, close to home, several years before the pandemic. At the time, I wasn’t thinking about building a body of work around them. I was simply curious about the colours already present in the landscape and whether they could be transformed into something usable. What began as small experiments with gathered rocks and stones slowly became an ongoing material practice rooted in observation, process, and repetition.