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@torontoinkcompany is one of three artists contributing a powdered form of copper for this month’s GROUND BRIGHT pigment, CONDUCTOR BLUE, a soft blue gouache made with a mixture of blue copper dust & chalk. the 22% proceeds will go to @protectoakflat, Apache Stronghold’s campaign to protect their lands from Resolution Copper Mine. they welcome our contribution. the first time i cracked the cover of jason logan’s book, MAKE INK, & poured over the full-bleed lush images of jason making his way through various urban landscapes with pockets full of rusty nails (red!), crumbled drywall (white!) & twists of old copper wire (BLUE!!!!), all to be turned into ink, a huge door blew open for me. urban pigment foraging, for materials left by contractors, city infrastructure, & plants growing in sidewalk cracks makes ink & paint-making accessible to ANYONE in a city. can’t get out to places where plants proliferate instead of buildings? you can still be an ink maker. thank you, jason ⚡️ of all the pigments from the waste stream, the range of copper blues that can be made by soaking copper scraps in vinegar are, i think, the most charismatic. the blue, the blue, deep-eyes-frosty-tropical-glacier-turquoise…arresting & toxic (see last post for safety deets)…we want it. jason, to me, is first and foremost a poet. if you’re not subscribed to his weekly substack newsletter, THE COLOUR, you’re missing a very pleasurable dip in pigment poetics and saturated photographic revery, as well as exposure to other excellent writers & artists. can’t wait to see the feature-length documentary about jason & a host of other people around the world changing lives with pigments (including @yurishimojo! @a.rural.pen! @heidilynnheidilynn!& more). all but 1st photo from @torontoinkcompany’s issue of THE COLOUR about copper…plus some of his book. want CONDUCTOR BLUE in yr mails? subscribe to GROUND BRIGHT @ bio link by midnight PST on the 11th. #makeink #copperoxide #verdigris #groundbright #pigmentpeople #wildpigments #urbanforaging