Sentences with phrase «of cochineal»

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.

It takes about 2,500 bugs to produce one ounce of cochineal extract, used in ice creams, yogurts, candy, beverages and other foods.

Not exact matches

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.

Starbucks agreed to stop using cochineal extract as a pink food coloring in April as the result of anotherChange.org petition.

Cochineal insects feed on a certain type of cactus native to South America and Mexico.

Conventional cosmetic companies are still formulating with this «natural» dye source, the bodies of crushed cochineal, also known as carmine.

We learned all kinds of Peruvian weaving techniques, including cochineal, where the women squish bugs to make a red dye.

Award for Smaller Museums, Libraries, Collections, and Exhibitions Carmella Padilla and Barbara Anderson, eds., A Red Like No Other: How Cochineal Colored the World, Skira Rizzoli, in association with the Museum of International Folk Art

ARQUETOPIA, Publa, interior view EXAMPLES OF TECHNIQUES WE OFFER (BUT NOT LIMITED TO THESE) Drawing • Painting • Natural pigments (cochineal, indigo, and other pigments) • Paper • Printmaking • Graphic design • Textiles • Mexican textiles (weaving, embroidery, back - strap weaving) • Sculpture • Ceramics • Mexican ceramics (Talavera, loza vidriada) • Gold leafing and antique art techniques • Wood carving • Performance • Ephemeral (including food and other perishable materials) • Photography: digital photography and alternative photographic processes • Digital media • Design and illustration RESIDENCY PROGRAMS WE OFFER (CLICK EACH FOR INFORMATION) 1.

«Quite a few of our living artists use cochineal,» says curator Nicolasa Chavez, «and she [the director] thought it would be an exciting exhibit, seeing that we're an international museum with an international collection.

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.

«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.»

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.

A low - tech installation of tubing, porcelain filters and hacked household objects boils, distils, dyes and pumps liquid containing colonial commodities such as cochineal, sugar and tea.

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.

This volume, the first in a series of four, describes the history, characteristics, and scientific analysis of 10 pigments (Indian yellow; cobalt yellow; natural and synthetic barium sulfate; cadmium yellows, oranges, and reds; red lead and minium; green earth; zinc white; chrome yellow and other chromate pigments; lead antimonate yellow; and cochineal and kermes carmine) that have played a major role in the history of painting.

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.»