So wonderful and very interesting! Each time I see the clays of North Carolina, I wonder what ochers can be made with it. It’s not even a quarry, it lies super-close under top-soil. So red, with colors ranging all the way to raspberry-like reds.
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So wonderful and very interesting!
Each time I see the clays of North Carolina, I wonder what ochers can be made with it. It’s not even a quarry, it lies super-close under top-soil. So red, with colors ranging all the way to raspberry-like reds.
It is possible you can make pigment from this soil. We have an article on how to do so: www.naturalpigments.com/artist-materials/earth-pigments
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About 1 hour north of where I live the dirt is red, in Louisiana. Is that dirt from which I could extract an ocre?
It is possible that it is an ochre, as ochres are found throughout the planet.