South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, ...

Nicanora Valdez's bowls are whimsical stories in clay and paint, but she's carrying on a serious tradition passed through ...

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Setting Plaster or Dead Salmon? Both popular Farrow & Ball paints are moodier iterations of the traditional blush pinks of ...

Researchers have uncovered a second method for making Maya blue, the vibrant and durable ancient pigment used by the Maya for ...

Bentonite clay is a natural clay with a fine, soft texture that forms a paste when mixed with water. Some people use this paste for medical or cosmetic purposes, including treating rashes and acne.

By examining pigment traces on pottery recovered from a well at Chichén Itzá, Arnold concluded that the Maya heated a mixture of plant-based indigo dye, a clay called palygorskite, and copal—a tree ...

Maya blue is a highly unusual pigment because it is a mix of organic indigo and an inorganic clay mineral called palygorskite. The rich blue color does not fade over time; it has maintained its ...

The dried structure of paints and coatings are important to understand. In paper coatings, pigments and binder types are known to influence this structure. The influence of a new additive such as ...

The company was the largest clay producer in the southeast U.S., the owners said ... The business officially announced its plans on social media to close on April 24. For 45 years, "Earth's best clays ...

Leaders from the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe brought their proposal for a resort-casino complex east of Moorhead to the Moorhead City Council meeting on Monday, April 28.