*Book review of " Eco Colour " by India Flint. / Published 2008.
The use of synthetic pigments can really do some serious damage to the brain over a long period of time, especially if your not equipped with the right oxygen mask.
Synthetic acrylics / oil paints are so expensive these days and have such a subtle / still detrimental effect on our fragile environment.This is so bewildering that we're not utilizing the natural botanic options more often, considering that they surround us all year round.
Here India Flint extensively explores the beautiful fluid alchemy of organic dyes and provides extensive examples / proof of her experimentation with running pigments.
India's imagination and Eco awareness is documented tastefully with large enticing images, that captivate the imagination though clever use of grounding texture.
The weirdest example was the screen prints extracted from the juices of raw onions, but that is just my thought, and i don't think it's a wise idea to cry and paint at the same time...
I highly recommend this book, it has slowly and surely inspired me over the years to cut down my use of toxins to 50%, adapting more natural substances into my paintings...
However, there is the risk of rapid natural fading ect with the use of natural dyes , and the use of synthetic protection to your work still exists as the most obvious preventative, to keeping your tones as vibrant as possible.
This book has always been an incredible guide, recommended by my younger sister Juliet Crane , while she was studying industrial scale screen printing at uni.
Time to make that change!
Time to find the safest place to wash away the oil....
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