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To collect the pigment I used to create this piece, I visited Apricot Lane Farms, the farm made famous by the Neon Films documentary The Biggest Little Farm. There, I collected the bones of livestock animals that had lived their lives on a rotation of grass pastures, passed, and been reclaimed by the earth.
The use of burned bone in art predates written history. Bone Black as a paint pigment specifically has been found in prehistoric cave paintings, ancient Egyptian tombs, and Greek art dating back to nearly 1,200 BCE. It has been identified in everything from Paleolithic stick figures to the works of the renaissance masters.
To collect the pigment I used to create this piece, I visited Apricot Lane Farms, the farm made famous by the Neon Films documentary The Biggest Little Farm. There, I collected the bones of livestock animals that had lived their lives on a rotation of grass pastures, passed, and been reclaimed by the earth.
The use of burned bone in art predates written history. Bone Black as a paint pigment specifically has been found in prehistoric cave paintings, ancient Egyptian tombs, and Greek art dating back to nearly 1,200 BCE. It has been identified in everything from Paleolithic stick figures to the works of the renaissance masters.