in the ruins : may ’23
Caroline Ross writes of IN THE RUINS: “This pale green is a beautiful color, but it doesn’t leap into your eyes. It gently invites the gaze. It looks best against oranges, pinks and reds, and really sings mixed with a little white.” She gathered the pigment from “the edge of a spoil heap of sea-smoothed quarry waste and unwanted rocks from the island where the stone was sourced for Buckingham Palace, Whitehall (the UK Government offices) and St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire in 1666.”
contributor: Caroline Ross
Caroline Ross is an artist / writer born and living in Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. She gathers earths and makes pigments and paints from materials found in the southwest of England, such as ochres and cherry tree gum, as well as inks from oak galls and other locally foraged plant sources. Her first book 'Found and Ground - a practical guide to making your own foraged paints' is out in UK and USA July 2023 from Search Press and comes out in 2024 in German and Spanish editions. She teaches in person and online. All her work and courses can be found at foundandground.com Her long-form writing can be found at carolineross.substack.com.
Caroline Ross is a four-time Ground Bright contributor. Her previous pigments include OAK ROOTS CHALK/12.19, DART GOLD/RED/BRONZE / 04.21, and SPOILS, 03.22.
Image from Caro’s website.