Ground Bright pigments 2022. Photo by Tilke Elkins.
HOW TO CONTRIBUTE PIGMENT TO WILD PIGMENT PROJECT
Wild Pigment Project welcomes foraged & gleaned pigment contributions from pigment practitioners who work in reciprocity with land and communities, publicly centering values of land stewardship, anti-racism, and interspecies equity through action and creative expression. Does this sound like you?
We’re interested in:
1. pigments gathered from land that your ancestors have been in relationship with for many generations, and which your community supports you to contribute to this project, or,
2. pigments produced from materials gleaned from waste streams like construction sites, dissolved firearms, junk yards, kitchen composts, garden trimmings, acid mine drainage pollution rehabilitation, abandoned collections, or other materials discarded by humans that can be made into dry artist pigment.
We’ll need a minimum of about a cup to two cups of dry pigment, and can receive up to six pounds maximum.
If you have a pigment you’d like to contribute to the project, we’d love to know a little bit about you and your pigment to see if this collaboration is a good fit for all involved. The form linked below will ask you questions about the nature of your pigment, your own creative practice, and what organization you’d like to support through your contribution.
Pigment contributions are offered as special gifts for our Ground Bright subscribers, who support the project every month. In return they receive pigment as thank you gifts when ever we receive a contribution, as well as free admission to our Pigments As Catalysts talk series, and 22% off any courses offered through the project, and various other opportunities to connect.
Please write to Tilke Elkins with any questions about the pigment contribution process.