Monthly Archives: March 2011

Mineral Pigments on Color Wheel

Posted on March 29, 2011 by alicia

Photographing color materials on a sunny day.  Mineral pigments arranged around the color wheel.

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Infusing Herbs in Oils for Color

Posted on March 28, 2011 by alicia

I’m working on samples and photos for my talks on color at the Handcrafted Soapmaker’s Guild conference in Miami in May.  From l – r – yarrow, weld, red sandalwood powder, madder root and woad.

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Full Moon Rainwater

Posted on March 21, 2011 by alicia

I collected rainwater from the middle of the storm to use for soaping.  Very energetic!

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Full Moon Soapmaking

Posted on March 19, 2011 by alicia

An excellent day to make soap.  I think I’ll make Gaia, which I’ve not made in ages, a small batch of Grail Maiden, and Sebon y’r Fynnon Rhudd aka Chalice Well Water soap.

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Honey Bee Soap

Posted on March 17, 2011 by alicia

For the bee-crazed among us.

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New Blog Format

Posted on March 17, 2011 by alicia

We’ve moved Annabella’s blog from LiveJournal to our own webspace.  The move appears to be going well.  Let us know if you have any difficulties.    

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Wistaria is coming on

Posted on March 16, 2011 by alicia

Wed, 01:18: Inspirational wistaria http://twitpic.com/49vrg1

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Colorful Soap Cut

Posted on March 13, 2011 by alicia

Sat, 23:14: Color! http://twitpic.com/48wzi3

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Soapmaking Gear

Posted on March 11, 2011 by alicia

TwitPix is sending what I post here to my journal. Pretty cool, but I need to figure out how to make the text more helpful. Thu, 17:56: Soap laundry http://twitpic.com/4870bs Thu, 17:59: Guild spatula http://twitpic.com/48711g

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More Color Samples

Posted on March 10, 2011 by alicia

I’m working on putting together visuals for my talks on color at the Handcrafted Soapmaker’s Guild annual conference in May in Miami. These are today’s sample batches –  Clockwise from top – an example of a triadic color scheme with … Continue reading →

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