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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social

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.

A white pestle and mortar filled with a brownish black powder.
sep 7, 2025, 11:38 am • 20 0

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Fen, moss goblin @fluidfyre.bsky.social

I am loving this so much!!! (Also pro fruit eating)

sep 7, 2025, 1:07 pm • 1 0 • view
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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social

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...

A sketchbook showing several swatches (numbered 1 to 3), plus dilution circles and wiggly lines, showing how a blackish brown cherry pit pigment looks when it's made into watercolour. The page is covered in illegible sweary scribbled notes. I have the wrong specs on but I'm pretty dam sure they say The blackish brown cherry pit pigment paint, spread out in a thick slick on a glass mulling plate. The mulling tool, which looks a bit like an upside down glass mushroom with a flat top, is sitting in the middle of the slick. A zoomed out pic of the mulling plate showing a small amount of the paint being mulled in a thin layer. The partially mulled paint pool is in the top right corner, and fully mulled paint has been pooled in the top left corner of the plate.
sep 7, 2025, 1:39 pm • 23 0 • view
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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social

This pigment slorped up the binder so fast, like what the entire fuck, OMFGs. 😂

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sep 7, 2025, 2:22 pm • 14 0 • view
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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social

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.

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sep 7, 2025, 3:02 pm • 9 0 • view
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PorkanoQue @porkanoque.bsky.social

Have to tell you I do love your creative vocabulary includes "slorp" and "smoosh"

sep 7, 2025, 3:48 pm • 1 0 • view
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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social

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. 😂

sep 7, 2025, 5:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social

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.

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sep 7, 2025, 5:21 pm • 6 0 • view
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Maija @maijasauna.bsky.social

Forbidden chocolate ganache

sep 7, 2025, 3:54 pm • 2 0 • view
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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social

😂

sep 7, 2025, 5:16 pm • 0 0 • view
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C.R. Gill Art @catalyst-artworks.bsky.social

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.

sep 7, 2025, 2:30 pm • 2 0 • view
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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social

It is a lot of work. But I also love it. 🤷 🙃 😂

sep 7, 2025, 2:36 pm • 2 0 • view