Verdigris - Exploring the Art and Science of Copper Pigments
Talk & Demonstration With Lucy Mayes
Tuesday 8th April 4-6pm
Explore the history and development of verdigris pigment recipes, enriched with contextual examples. This session will delve into the chemistry behind verdigris, share traditional and modern recipes, and showcase inspiring examples of pigments Lucy has created. Discover how to create a rich palette of greens, blues, purples, and blacks from copper using a carefully curated selection of techniques and processes.
Join Lucy live from her studio in Portsmouth for an exclusive overview of the verdigris pigments in her collection with a renaissance paint making demonstration, and Q&A.
You can join live or watch the recording. The recording will be available for three months after the live event. PDF handout included.
About Lucy Mayes
Lucy Mayes is an artist and pigment maker & researcher working in London and Hampshire. Her work as ‘London Pigment’ uses urban waste stream materials to make recycled pigment. Her practice is centred on the use of unusual, surprising or esoteric raw materials to make colour as a way of documenting events or ‘happenings’. Verdigris made from copper wire stripped from burnt-out mopeds, soot and ash from park fires and construction rubble have all been used in her work to make new pigments. Her colour-making practice centres on creating sustainable pigments from anthropocene waste streams. She works in the capacity of pigment/colour consultant and has worked with Neptune Interiors Ltd, Jaguar Land Rover, Royal Cornwall Museum, V&A, Kew Gardens on pigment projects. She previously worked as product developer and pigment specialist at renowned colourman L.Cornelissen & Son where she developed their historical pigment archive. She teaches pigment making at institutions nationally and hopes to re-orientate our connections to colour; through the creation of intimate relationships with matter formed through embodied making.orld.