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6-8pm GMT

On the last Tuesday of each month: 27th Jan 2026, 24th Feb, 31st March, 28th April, 26th May, 30th June, 28th July, 31st Aug, 29th Sept, 27th Oct, 29th Dec

Lucy Mayes (b. 1991, England) is an artist, pigment maker, researcher, and educator working within the craft of pigment making. She studied at the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, and the Royal College of Art, where her interest in traditional painting techniques, pigment processing, and paint making first took root. In 2018, she founded London Pigment, and since 2020, her handmade pigments have been available through L. Cornelissen & Son. She is on the board of non-profit Pigments Revealed International, an organisation dedicated to building a global pigmnt community. Currently travelling through Europe aboard her wooden sailing boat, she works between London and Sussex.

Her practice centres on the use of reclaimed raw materials and environmentally responsible approaches to pigment production. In 2023, she played a key role in the inclusion of pigment making on the Heritage Crafts Association’s Red List of Endangered Crafts. She has taught pigment making at institutions including Tate, the V&A, and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Her work, featuring pigments made from locally sourced minerals and exploring the connections between regional mining history and pigment traditions, is held in a permanent display at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro.