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I really enjoyed the workshop today (see colourful tweets #plantingpigments). It was so cool to see how colours changed when adding alum and chalk 
It was interesting and fun to spend the afternoon with you all! Thank you @JessieWHChen & @ALillieSvensson for the organization https://twitter.com/JessieWHChen/status/1362092352798683136
It was interesting and fun to spend the afternoon with you all! Thank you @JessieWHChen & @ALillieSvensson for the organization https://twitter.com/JessieWHChen/status/1362092352798683136
I have to say it was not only fun to make pigments, it was also very imformative to work hands on and experience the knowledge needed to make pigments and dyes in the past. It is #alchemy, it is #art, it is #cooking.
It is doing the dishes, a lot.
#plantingpigments #phdlife
It is doing the dishes, a lot.
#plantingpigments #phdlife
We learned a.o. that you need a lot water to produce dyes (and sometimes chemicals; even natural pigments can produce toxic waste), water boils before reaching 100°C and that you are never sure of the (intensity) of the desired colour.
Furthermore, if there are recipes, they often lack measurements (like culinary texts), they lack time indications (like culinary texts), they sometimes lack instructions (like culinary texts).
Ingredients were not standerdized, which requires you to know what you are doing.
Ingredients were not standerdized, which requires you to know what you are doing.
You needed to have experience, you needed to learn by doing, you needed to be shown and taught
This might not be surprising to some, but by experimenting you become more aware, learn more, ask different questions and get better understand your topic of research.
#learningbydoing
This might not be surprising to some, but by experimenting you become more aware, learn more, ask different questions and get better understand your topic of research.
#learningbydoing
