I didn't use all the pits, so I can have another go. But will see how the fully carbonised pit pigment works first. Kremer describes cherry black as being a brownish black, vs peach black (just black) and grapeseed black (bluish black.) Can't wait to see what ours looks like!
The carbonised pits break up very easily, the not-done pits stay as big fragments. So I ground things a bit in a big pestle and mortar then sieved out this fine powder into a small one. The colour reminds me of Cassel earth PBr7, and the texture is a bit like charcoal powder - very light.
I am loving this so much!!! (Also pro fruit eating)
Well this pigment surprised me in a bunch of different ways! I did not expect it to be so clumpy/flocculant, I ended up mulling it in small parts like I would a shale or synthetic pigments. & I didn't expect the end result to be so viscous. I took some video too, but first I need to lie TF down...
This pigment slorped up the binder so fast, like what the entire fuck, OMFGs. 😂
At some point I'd added enough binder to be able to pick out a few larger bits that had escaped the sieve. (Note to self, buy a new sieve, and sieve more times.) Clumps of pigment can be smooshed out with the paint knife, solid lumps can't. So it's easy to tell the difference.
Have to tell you I do love your creative vocabulary includes "slorp" and "smoosh"
Well, there's probably a technical term for these things but I don't know what! I just hope folks can get what I'm talking about. 😂
Hilarious to me that I recorded my WTF moment when I realised it was still thick enough to lift the plate up from the silicone mat. 😂 This was when I stopped recording, swore a lot, then decided to mull it in parts.
Forbidden chocolate ganache
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I love your adventures. It makes me want to try because omg that's cool and avoid it because omg that looks like a lot of work.
It is a lot of work. But I also love it. 🤷 🙃 😂
This is so cool! Thank you for the detailed progress updates
You're welcome, I'm glad you're enjoying my ramblings! 😁