Sentences with phrase «from cochineal»

Centuries later, during the 16th and 17th centuries, the most popular red pigment came from a cochineal insect, a creature that could only be found on prickly - pear cacti in Mexico.

Through a mix of historical research, and collaboration, the rugs are made by a family of traditional Mexican weavers and colored with a dye made from the cochineal beetle, an important export during the Spanish colonial period in Mexico.

Likewise, PSP anthocyanins have advantages over traditional synthetic red food colorings and the «carmine» reds extracted from cochineal insects.

Not exact matches

The St. Jo River whirling full around the South Bend rich and dark as a negresse en chemise bedaubed with cochineal: mauve, purple tinting the water from the Odilon Redon sun setting.

As the colourant is made from the inedible cochineal insect and its production requires chemical processing, it opposes consumers» expectations towards true naturalness.

All starting with a white or cream base, I've over dyed each piece with a combination of plant dyes ranging from indigo, red onion skins, cochineal, & madder.

Try using cochineal (carmine dye) made from crushed bugs.

The museum's efforts were sparked a few years ago when its director received a book about the history of cochineal, a red dye derived from insects.

A popular extraction method involved drying the cochineal bug, and since 70,000 insects were required for a single pound of pigment a highly competitive system of piracy developed among European countries bringing it from the New World.

Founded by Tom Rapp, formerly head chef of the Manhattan restaurant Etats - Unis, Cochineal boasts elegantly crafted dishes of American fare that incorporates vegetables and herbs from the property's backyard garden.

Installation view, Lucy Dodd, «Guernika» (back), 2014, Spanish hematite, Miami rain water and lavender oil, cochineal, kombucha SCOBY, Rota squid ink, earth from Monasterio de Suso, Aracena, Rio Tinto, la Aldea - Bejes and Guernika, chamomile and pomegranate from Segura de Leon, lichen from Sierra de Gata, yerba maté, Rio Tinto water, mica, spirulina, mixed pigments and Tyrian purple on canvas, 138 x 307.2 inches, 350.5 x 780.3 cm, LD800, Installation at The Rubell Family Collection, Miami.

Installation view, Lucy Dodd, «Guernika», 2014, Spanish hematite, Miami rain water and lavender oil, cochineal, kombucha SCOBY, Rota squid ink, earth from Monasterio de Suso, Aracena, Rio Tinto, la Aldea - Bejes and Guernika, chamomile and pomegranate from Segura de Leon, lichen from Sierra de Gata, yerba maté, Rio Tinto water, mica, spirulina, mixed pigments and Tyrian purple on canvas, 138 x 307.2 inches, 350.5 x 780.3 cm, LD800, Installation at The Rubell Family Collection, Miami.

I think the coloring in this dress is striking, and I love that it's all from natural dyes — indigo comes from a plant and the exhibit's program says that Cochineal is a «scale insect that feeds on the Nopal cactus in arid areas of Mexico, Peru, Chile, and the Canary Islands.»