Earthen Pigments

Author : Sandy Webster
Publisher : Schiffer Craft
ISBN 13 : 9780764341786
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earthen Pigments written by Sandy Webster and published by Schiffer Craft. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's how to locate the best spots of land around you, gather natural pigments, and turn them into paints, pastels, inks, and more.

Author : Lynn Edwards
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 9780875969145
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Natural Paint Book written by Lynn Edwards and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2003-04-05 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Citing a high number of pollutants in today's indoor environments, a comprehensive guide to making organic, all-natural paint and finish alternatives offers step-by-step instructions on how to convert readily available ingredients. Original. 15,000 first printing.

Author : Heidi Gustafson
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1647008298
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Book of Earth written by Heidi Gustafson and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art meets science in this guide to creating color with earth’s extraordinary pigments and exploring their fascinating uses today and throughout history Part anthropological study, part art book, and part how-to, Book of Earth immerses you in the world of ochre, a naturally occurring mineral used to make pigment. Each chapter delves into author Heidi Gustafson’s rare pigment archive and provides a thorough exploration of natural color, while challenging our notions of the inanimate world. The book includes practical advice and techniques for creating your own pigments and applying these skills in everyday life. Called the “ochre whisperer” by American Craft, and noted as the “woman archiving the world’s ochre,” in the New York Times, her personal collection of more than 600 pigments from around the planet is a unique treasure, and her passion and field experience will captivate you from the first page to the last.

Author : Sukita Reay Crimmel
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 086571763X
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earthen Floors written by Sukita Reay Crimmel and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Down and dirty – a complete step-by-step guide to making, installing, and living with beautiful, all-natural earthen floors

Author : Leslie Rainer
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 0892368500
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Conservation of Decorated Surfaces on Earthen Architecture written by Leslie Rainer and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For millennia, people of all cultures have decorated the surfaces of their domestic, religious, and public buildings. Earthen architecture in particular has been, and continues to be, a common ground for surface decoration such as paintings, sculpted bas-relief, and ornamental plasterwork. This volume explores the complex issues associated with preserving these surfaces. Case studies from Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas are presented. The publication is the result of a colloquium held in 2004 at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, co-organized by the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) and the National Park Service (NPS). The meeting brought together fifty-five conservators, cultural resource managers, materials scientists, engineers, architects, archaeologists, anthropologists, and artists from eleven countries. Divided into four themes--Archaeological Sites, Museum Practice, Historic Buildings, and Living Traditions--the papers examine the conservation of decorated surfaces on earthen architecture within these different contexts.

Author : Karen E. Milbourne
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 158093370X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earth Matters written by Karen E. Milbourne and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring more than 100 extraordinary works of art from 1800 to the present, Earth Matters reveals how African individuals and communities have visually mediated their most poignant relationships with the land—whether it be to earth as a sacred or medicinal material, as something uncovered by mining or claimed by burial, as a surface to be interpreted and turned to for inspiration, or as an environment to be protected. Both internationally recognized and emerging contemporary artists are represented, from the continent and diaspora, including El Anatsui, Ghada Amer, Sammy Baloji, Ingrid Mwangi and William Kentridge. Highlights include a pair of rare Yoruba onile figures, a one-of-a-kind Punu reliquary from Gabon, and 3 bocio figures from the personal collection of legendary French dealer Jacques Kerchache. The text includes statements by contemporary African artists including Wangechi Mutu, Clive van den Berg, Allan de Souza, and George Osodi. National Museum of African Art curator Karen E. Milbourne explores how diverse African concepts of healing, the sacred, identity, memory, history, and environmental sustainability have all been formed in relation to the land in this pioneering scholarly study.

Author : Ulisses Targino Bezerra
Publisher : Bentham Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 981140688X
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bio-Inspired Materials written by Ulisses Targino Bezerra and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature has provided opportunities for scientists to observe patterns in biomaterials which can be imitated when designing construction materials. Materials designed with natural elements can be robust and environment friendly at the same time. Advances in our understanding of biology and materials science coupled with the extensive observation of nature have stimulated the search for better accommodation/compression of materials and the higher organization/reduction of mechanical stress in man-made structures. Bio-Inspired Materials is a collection of topics that explore frontiers in 3 sections of bio-inspired design: (i) bionics design, (ii) bio-inspired construction, and (iii) bio-materials. Chapters in each section address the most recent advances in our knowledge about the desired and expected relationship between humans and nature and its use in bio-inspired buildings. Readers will also be introduced to new concepts relevant to bionics, biomimicry, and biomimetics. Section (i) presents research concepts based on information gained from the direct observation of nature and its applications for human living. Section (ii) is devoted to ‘artificial construction’ of the Earth. This section addresses issues on geopolymers, materials that resemble the structure of soils and natural rocks; procedures that reduce damage caused by earthquakes in natural construction, the development of products from vegetable resins and construction principles using bamboo. The last section takes a look into the future towards the improvement of human living conditions. Bio-Inspired Materials offers readers - having a background in architecture, civil engineering and systems biology - a new perspective about sustainable building which is a key part of addressing the environmental concerns of current times.

Author : Lauren Sauder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578803548
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Geology of Color written by Lauren Sauder and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-18 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Geology of Color is a how-to art book for artists, colorists, and naturalists who seek detailed information about identifying, collecting, and using earth pigments in their personal studio. This book shares the deeply mindful process of finding and collecting earth pigments, while also providing guidelines and components for how to make paint, drawing, and inking materials. A Geology of Color will inspire creatives to take the first step towards heightened awareness and genuine reverence for the natural world.

Author : Gernot Minke
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3034608721
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building with Earth written by Gernot Minke and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-12-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a number of years, the healthy and environment-friendly building material earth, in common use for thousands of years, has been enjoying increasing popularity, including in industrialized nations. In hot dry and temperate climate zones, earth offers numerous advantages over other materials. Its particular texture and composition also holds great aesthetic appeal. The second and revised edition of this handbook offers a practical systematic overview of the many uses of earth and techniques for processing it. Its properties and physical characteristics are described in informed and knowledgeable detail. The author’s presentation reflects the rich and varied experiences gained over thirty years of building earth structures all over the world. Numerous photographs of construction sites and drawings show the concrete execution of earth architecture. Prof. Dr. Gernot Minke is a professor at Universität Kassel, where he leads the Forschungslabor für Experimentelles Bauen. He has long concerned himself with developments in ecological building, and he has dealt with the building material clay in theory and practice since 1977. His book Building with Straw was also published by Birkhäuser.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protecting Children from Lead-tainted Imports written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: