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On Pigments (Part 2) – Natural Inorganic Pigments

On Pigments (Part 2) – Natural Inorganic Pigments

Reading Time: 9 minutesPreviously, we discussed some basic ways of categorising pigments, looking at the organic/inorganic and natural/synthetic definitions and then progressing a little into qualities in use. I am going to continue this, in a series of four further posts, diving a little deeper in the categorisations 

91%

91%

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is not some political statement about voting intentions of the number of fascist scum prevelent in the news, much as at the moment it is a trial not to rant. It’s the coverage of the recent partial eclipse in Leeds, and likely the most 

Unity Day 2026

Unity Day 2026

Reading Time: 4 minutesJust a quick little round up from this year’s Unity Day. After growing quite large and raucous again, Unity day has had a bit of a reset in the last couple of years, asiming to focus again on a more stall and market oriented event. 

Kirkstall Festival

Kirkstall Festival

Reading Time: 3 minutesOnce again we have had a nice sunny day for the annual Kirkstall Festival, and once again I have to entirely admit that we spent much of the day in the Beer Tent. I’ve noticed something over the last few years and that is that 

Whitby (Retro Style)

Whitby (Retro Style)

Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s funny, in a way, how artistically and photographically I’ve come in a bit of a circle with the new Fuji Camera. I embraced my DSLR in a massive way about 20 years ago now, taking in all the technical abilities of the digital format. 

TT Artisan 7.5mm f/2.0 – Fisheye Fun

TT Artisan 7.5mm f/2.0 – Fisheye Fun

Reading Time: 7 minutesI’ve always wanted a full frame fisheye lens, from when I was shooting like crazy with my DLSRs – I had an adapter than (not very effectively) turned the image into a circular (albeit cropped) fish eye, but this has never quite been my thing. 

Fuji XT-30iii Meanwood Walk

Fuji XT-30iii Meanwood Walk

Reading Time: 5 minutesI took the new camera out of a proper walk, to get a better understanding of what it can do – there’s so much to learn! While I am reasonably expert at Digital Photography any new device, and one that is different from what I 

Random Summer Modular Synth Track

Random Summer Modular Synth Track

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnother quick one, with another new tune. This was just a bit of messing about, testing the Black VCO2 with a repeating hook and letting about 6 LFOs all do their thing, manually riding the filter cutoff. Add a beat, a bassline, some swells from 

Bratwurst

Bratwurst

Reading Time: < 1 minutePardon? Suburban Acid Saturation · Bratwurst Just some fucking disgusting modular synth techno. Noting remotely intelligent really… On a quick note, I am in the process of moving all my music to one Soundcloud, so if you really want to you can find it all 

Old Lenses Pt 1 – Helios 44/2

Old Lenses Pt 1 – Helios 44/2

Reading Time: 4 minutesI think that buying a new camera has reawakened a little bit of photography excitement in me again, as I’ve been feeling quite creative in that area the last few days. For no other reason than it suddenly came to me, I decided to buy 

New Camera!

New Camera!

Reading Time: 7 minutesLooking through this site, and indeed looking myself through my hard drives, it’s noticable how much less photopgraphy I have done over the last few years. For various reasons I have been walking less, I’ve also been painting more, and as I realised in Newcastle 

Dr. Round’s Pigments of Distinction Edition 1

Dr. Round’s Pigments of Distinction Edition 1

Reading Time: 13 minutesAs has probably been obvious, I have been acquiring quite a few interesting and exciting pigments over the past couple of years, starting with some earths to compliment the foraged earths that I have been collecting, and then branching out into creating some of my