The fabulous Evie Hatch is back on the podcast as our first ever return guest.. Evie came on last year with artist Ginny Elston to talk about pigments, and now she's back on her own to chat about how she got into this subject, and what she has been up to since our last conversation.
Evie suggested the topic of this conversation: the poetics of colour names, and the way these names shape how we imagine and use colour.
Burnt sienna, vermillion, prussian blue, cadmium.. the names of paint colours are so familiar in the world of traditional art materials, but what do they actually mean? where do they come from? And what can they reveal about the history of colour?
Evie Hatch is a pigment specialist and art historian, who writes and presents the hugely popular Jacksons Art Supplies Pigment Stories. She also lectures, and has talked for the National gallery and Dulwich Picture Gallery on colour and pigments.
Yes.. this is a conversation about colour names, but it's really about so much more. It's about insects, rocks and plants.. And it's about people, mysteries, accidental discoveries, feuds, poetry, and secret recipes
I hope you enjoy this conversation!
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