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Blog showing the proces behind The Chemistry of Natural Colours, which were my MA project in Graphic Design at Kolding Design School, Denmark. - The project was all about experimenting with natural, edible colours for paper. Based on knowledge derived from textile and yarn dyeing I created a series of posters describing the colours and their varieties. This blog shows my proces along the way and where I found inspiration. The proces contains parts like extracting and mixing colours, experiments with natural mordants & paper making. - If you have any knowledge, questions or interest in my project, feel free to contact me at [email protected] - Nina Wasland - MA in Graphic Design - www.wasland.dk

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Colour samples one year later.

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Colour samples one year later.

A tendency I see is that the alkaline additives keep changing over time. A good example of that is the last photo below with red onion (left; red onion + vinegar, middle; plain red onion, right; red onion + baking soda). Both additives made the the red onion turn green a year ago. The alkaline has then transitioned further to a yellow colour.

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Colour samples one year later.

The last photo shows the difference between fresh red cabbage juice and juice that has been frozen before use. There was a difference a year ago, but it's even more significant now.

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Formland UP/COMING

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I've been invited to exhibit my graduation project at Formland UP/GRADED in their UPCOMING section. I'm so excited!

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"Scandinavia’s most inspiring trade show for design, interiors, home accessories and furniture is now called Formland UPgraded. UPgraded is about everything that is ‘up’ right now. Up at home in Denmark. Up internationally. Things that will soon be up. And, above all, knowledge and inspiration to help your sales up."

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Blog post about my project at I DO ART (in danish).

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Graduation 2013 - The exhibition

In collaboration with curator Martin Born, me and my fellow students used two weeks building up our graduation exhibition at Koldinghus, Kolding (Denmark).

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Periodic table – the final result

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Chemical formula posters - the final result

From top (clockwise direction): (1) Sweet potato – red cabbage, cooked – red cabbage + baking soda (2) Ramson – beetroot, cooked – radish (3) Red cabbage + vinegar – beetroot – yellow onion (4) Red onion + baking soda – sweet pepper – red cabbage (5) Red currant – turmeric – red cabbage + vinegar (6) Red cabbage + vinegar – red cabbage + baking soda – red cabbage.

In the right corner of all the posters there is an info box with numbers that refers to the periodic table (next post)

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Colour cards

Samples of some of the colours I've created.

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Chemical formula posters - the print process

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Periodic table process #4

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Periodic table process #3

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Periodic table process #2

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Periodic table process #1

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Beetroot w/vinegar

The colour transition when vinegar is added to the beetroot juice.

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Beetroot w/baking soda

The colour transition when baking soda is added to the beetroot juice.