What are Lake Pigments & How to Make Them (Re-Upload)

[@danny___928]

PLEASE DONT STOP MAKING VIDS.. I NEED MORE AND MORE OF THIS THANK YOU

[@NadaMakes1]

Ok, you've successfully pressured me. Gonna look into buying some more alum

[@Ricardo-fv2qi]

Aaaaand she stopped making them

[@polaria.coronel-gt2762]

Please dont stop making these videos! These are some of the best videos out there on this subject and it's absolutely fascinating :)

[@ha5ha]

Love your channel. Thank you for your knowledge.

[@dshepherd107]

This was very interesting to learn. As a painter, I thank you

[@enoughtomatosoup]

Love you, Nada! So good to have you back!

[@NadaMakes1]

ah yay, thanks!

[@axelshairrocks]

I started making lake pigments this week! Thank you for posting!! So helpful

[@NadaMakes1]

Glad it was helpful! Happy that you're making them

[@AssistantLeaflet]

3:15 You didn’t mention adding the washing soda after the alum but only mention the release of co2 and the color change. I like doing the laking process for making oil paints, and watercolours. Baller video.

[@JUSTMe-wg3el]

You help me so much, my teacher posted your video to make me more understand about lake pigment!!!

[@crystaldawn2708]

Hey friend! I can see it's been a year since you've uploaded and I don't wish to pressure you at all. I just wanted you to know that this was one of the most fascinating videos I've seen and if you ever feel up to making more I think there would be many people like myself that would love watching them. It's so interesting to see the process of making a pigment powder that can then be turned into so many different art materials. Have you experimented with leaves, dirt, or flower petals? In any case, I hope this comment finds you well and happy, thank you for brightening my day with this video and for inspiring me to paint today. ❤️🙏

[@NadaMakes1]

Thank you so much for the lovely and motivating comment! Brightened my day :)

[@stefaniethoma3811]

I love the informative video. And the music you made is the cherry on the cake. The whole vide is fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

[@josiahd99]

You've really inspired and helped me in my pursuit of art and pigments! Thank you for making these videos and sharing your process!

[@NadaMakes1]

I'm so glad! Thank you :)

[@phyllisjeanfulton]

I’m a natural Dyer on fabric and a Printmaker. and was trying to figure out how to make a thick ink for block printing on fabric. I’m hoping I can use this technique. I’m thrilled to see your technique - I think possibility-use to reclaim leftover fabric dyes. ?? 😻✌🏽💥

[@twicebittenthasme5545]

Very cool video. Only just now found it. Thanks for sharing your efforts!

[@DanSantanaBows]

Very helpful, thanks Nada. This will definitely come in handy for my bows

[@NadaMakes1]

Yay im happy :)

[@RobertTolone]

Very cool process. I’ve made my own paints, mostly encaustic, but never tried to make the pigments myself. I especially loved the videos where you appear in them and am looking forward to more videos. Thanks!

[@NadaMakes1]

Omg Robert, im a massive fan of yours and religiously watch your videos! I feel so incredibly honored and humbled that you've watched them and are encouraging me to make more. I was very poor at a certain point and your videos helped me make a small candle business and fall in love with moldmaking, its all I do these days and you're a big part of it! Thank you so so much.

[@RobertTolone]

@@NadaMakes1 If you’re up for it I would do a collaboration with your channel. We come up with a fun model, I’ll make the molds and you make the candles! It could be an item you could sell in your product line. If you’re at all interested, contact me at [e-mail]. Thanks!

[@traceyosterlind14]

Wow, I have really missed your videos!

[@NadaMakes1]

I definitely feel like I have to make more now!

[@mrcmoes]

I missed this series. Glad you are back

[@NadaMakes1]

I think im gonna have to make more based on how happy people were about this lol

[@kimberbauer1064]

Thank you for such an amazing, fun and informative video ❤

[@redacted2319]

Omg she’s back yaaaaas

[@redacted2319]

Also first I guess

[@NadaMakes1]

[@MichaelMarko]

This is great!! Can you say anything about lightfastness or permanence?

[@Niluzorus]

Very interesting video. I was thinking add silica or chalk for making pigment. I am confused, you add alum then soda right? They are not separate two jars.

[@twycross3]

Didn't know about using gum tragacanth to make soft pastels!! I like using soft pastels but haven't made my own yet. Thought about using naturally occurring red clays in my region. I discovered recently that if you add enough titanium white to red clay it makes a nice brownish pink. Or if you add prussian blue to red clay it makes a purplish brown.

[@NadaMakes1]

Oooo very nice! Ive been having more access to precious stones so might wanna explore that. Trying to find things that dont fade in general.

[@Hope_IsNotMyName]

@@NadaMakes1 Experimenting with stones is tons of fun, especially since you can use what's around you.

[@enoughtomatosoup]

@@NadaMakes1 this makes me so excited! I hope you will be able to film all of your wonderful experiments :3

[@toob87]

Hello friend, I just found your videos.i like them very much. I hope you are well and that you will make more!

[@meghanbecker2731]

So you added the alum to the dye but what do you do with the washing soda solution?

[@AssistantLeaflet]

She adds it she forgor to mention. That’s what causes the fizzing and colour change as the PH drops. That chemical reaction is what precipitates your pigments because as the tiny crystals form the matrix of it surrounds the dye particles and drops it out.

[@DrAmantias]

Part 1: This video Purple to blue to green...madness lol. What I am curious about is if there's a way to maintain the original colour? Or is that just part of the process with using the additional chemicals in the lake making process? And also how it performs in terms of lightfastness! I just discovered that its possible to make pigment from plants and after your video I really want to give it a go, but there's been no new updates on your channel :( Hoping you are ok and... Part 2: You've stopped making videos before ... and I just saw your 3rd last video about why you stopped making videos then. What a wild ride of emotions. Bare with me here for a moment...See, I am an 'artist' too (still feel pretentious when I say that) and what you said about not being tied down to doing just one thing is something I've struggled with as well. As a human living the conscious experience I want the freedom to do what I want. But this hasn't caused me a lot of happiness or success. I feel like I am butter spread over too much toast. There is a lack of focus, and the fact that I haven't stuck myself to one particular thing has me feeling like there is simply too much potential in me, too many options, but I am not that good at any of them so I remain in a fog, afraid to start anything for fear failing or being judged. Right now I just barely picked up the brush again after basically 2-3 years of dawdling, and I am terrified again because I fear I won't even be able to make the things I was able to do before. I kind of envy you because you don't seem to have that problem, you put yourself out there in your performance art, here in your videos, and I can't imagine myself doing that. Part 3: Its 1am and now I am just rambling Another thing you mentioned that I am worried about is how your experience went in Egypt. I am not from where I live now. My parents migrated when I was 6 and so I have grown up in english speaking countries for most of my life. However, despite having spent the more significant part of my life here, I feel like I am between two worlds, the one my parents raised me in and the one that is of the culture here. Now comes the time in my life when I will most likely also be returning 'home', just like you did to Egypt. But that culture feels foreign to me. I hope it will go well and I'll be able to integrate but I'll just have to see. I don't know why you stopped making videos but after hearing what you said in your face reveal video I kind of had a surge of emotions that resonated with what you said and I imagined I understood why you've stopped. Hopefully some of that has made sense. I think found your channel at the right time. Hopefully I'll be able to keep the brush in my hand for a good long time. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, your experience. Where ever you are and whatever you are doing, I hope it brings you peace and contentment.

[@WildBearFoot]

Most of what you wrote I almost feel like I could've written myself. I was born where I live but I've always felt like an outsider because of the things I love to do. I feel like my head and my passions are pulling me in a hundred different directions all the time and it's hard to finish a project, I tell myself I have to but that makes me want to do it less like I have to be contrary even to myself. It's taken so long to find what I love that I worry it's taken too long, maybe it's too late. And I know what I want to do but it's not the only thing I ever want to do, and then I try to do everything at once out of fear of missing out on anything. It keeps me from sleeping sometimes. And then there are the things I have to do just to survive and they take up so much time, and I tell myself if I had that extra time I could get so much more accomplished but, late at night, I wonder if it's true, if I just use it as an excuse to make myself feel better. Anyway, thanks for your share, it's nice to know someone else struggles like this and that I'm not alone. It seems so easy for some people.

[@ToDiscreditOthers]

Love your videos. I have been making different kinds of inks for graffiti and stuff like that. Love hearing all this information I’ve forgotten about lol

[@evi5510]

Hii Nada, I hope you're doing great.🤗 You are very creative and I like the way you are. I also like your videos a lot bcs you are honest about everyting. I hope I see you soon with a new video! ☺ Never stop doing what you love ❤

[@janprabu]

Nada you are doing amazing work, Its worth a lot. Thank you for that. Waiting for upcoming videos. I have a question, can we use this in the wall painting. Will that work ? or comes out. Thanks for the support.

[@Zaggrippas]

Great❤ greetings from Sweden Is the color light proof over time or does it faint in sunlight?

[@TrangNguyen-gm2eb]

Thank you for your video. I am wondering if this lake pigment can be used to dye fabric or not?

[@RaquiSpinola]

Very interesting your video! Thanks for sharing. My question is if you can use this lake pigment recipe for textile dyeing.

[@jilliancrawford7577]

Is there a ratio for these? Like X part lake pigment water to X part alum to X part washing soda?

[@OxybroCone]

Really good video thanks

[@chanheosican6636]

Lake pigments are interesting cabbage extract, salts alum and a base. I wonder if u used beets sweet beets and maybe elderberry. This may work well. Dont give up even if u have trouble.

[@celinabadino1835]

Awesome! Will try to make It so I can use It in milk Paint.

[@Danor4n]

Considering calcium sulphate (gesso) is not water soluble how would you use is for precipitating the dye? Do you just let is sit in the solution and hope?

[@howlingwind1937]

Thank you for making the video, is this pigments light fastness stable, or will it fade relatively fast?

[@FrancisFabricates]

Wish you would come back!😊

[@xxhomicidexx3979]

Please make more paint vids I love them please I beg u I love to watch u

[@NadaMakes1]

I will try!

[@jimmyna5644]

Nada!!! Love your channel. I'm super into plants and I'm wondering if you've ever used Basella alba fruit?? Malabar spinach is an edible vine that produces little berry like fruits with a seed in the center. When you pop the fruit theres is a super pigmented juice. Kind of a really dark purple to a bright magenta. I can send you some dry seeds but you'd have to grow the vines to get fresh fruit with juice. 🌱

[@NadaMakes1]

Ah thanks Jimmy :) and no to be honest, i've never heard of it or used it! I will definitely read into them they sound awesome and a colour like that would be pretty rare and precious

[@jebohebl]

Will these lake pigments paint on fabric if fabric is properly mordanted?

[@oregonianpjb]

Welcome back! What's the expected lifespan of these pigments (as ground, in the different bases, and applied to a painting)?

[@NadaMakes1]

Thanks! Unfortunately they do not last long at all (which is why I took such a long break from the whole thing)! Heres a video of a 2 year update on all my pigments: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b363eJWibduab5Y

[@magdalenaalcalderojas2609]

Hi nada, I have a question about adding aluminio sulfate and washing soda. you add them at the same time? and then you have to wait how many time to filter to the coffe paper??

[@NadaMakes1]

I add one before the other - and I wait around 20 minutes but there is no fixed time! Usually, the pigment forms immediately

[@magdalenaalcalderojas2609]

@@NadaMakes1 thanks,and How much aluminum sulfate and sodium carbonate do you put in? Do you have a specific measurement of how much aluminum in water to dissolve and the same with the baking soda and then when do you add it?

[@potteryscience9058]

But what did you do with the washing soda… pour it in at the same time as the alum?

[@chanheosican6636]

Guess what my Natural dyes pigment sort inspired by you got featured. I found Aluminum sulfate can be used instead of Aluminum potassium sulfate. Many powders on Amazon can be extracted with water and distilled except for beet powder it degrades past 45 degrees C. I found you can cut the herbs and dyes into little pieces cabbage finely cut and put it into a 1 L flask with 50 percent Alcohol (anything but Methanol due to its toxicity) and boil carefully on a hotplate. You do not need an expensive 1000 dollar hotplate you can get good ones for 95-100 dollars on eBay.

[@NadaMakes1]

Oh damn thats amazing!! Yes beets are the mostly finicky in my opinion - I would try to get my reds from carmine beetles before I try beets again! I actually have all those things except the aluminum sulfate. Do you drop the sulfate in the alcohol dye?

[@chanheosican6636]

@@NadaMakes1 well if the alcohol is past 60 percent like 80 to 90 percent no alum will dissolve it not soluble in many alcohols. I diluted it with distilled water and add the alum usually when it at least 75 deg C.

[@JohnDoe-vw4zf]

Hi when do you add the washing soda to the pigment

[@NadaMakes1]

Last step! after you extract your dye and put in the alum

[@goawag]

Does it change color after a while?

[@debankdesigns8284]

Do you use a specific vegetation to water ratio when boiling?

[@jamescook1364]

Omg that was great, thanks .

[@marcelaszwarc5621]

Wow, I love this! What would you mix the pigment with to make it more of a gouache consistency?

[@NadaMakes1]

Hmm maybe a watercolour type situation? A bit of gum and honey?

[@phyllisjeanfulton]

@@NadaMakes1 some chalk?

[@Bittoo25b]

soundtrack ?

[@Saamniferu]

I'm late but "Same video, but with my own bad music!" I didn't know it was yours but I thought it was pretty good.

[@sophievautour8573]

I am so obsessed!!!

[@chanheosican6636]

Sorry to hear KZbin made an Issue about copyright Nada.

[@NadaMakes1]

Its all good! It was mostly the music artist taking back permission to let me use the music. Ive been trying to make my own now!

[@0soinspiring694]

can you make alcohol based markers from the pigments . if you can that would be interesting video to see .

[@tpistor]

You said you added the alum solution to your dye, but you didn't say what you did with the soda solution.

[@DayerlingRodriguez]

Hola cómo qué tal?,Se puede hacer cosmética natural con ellas?

[@WildBearFoot]

I'm gonna do this while I wait for my woad to grow.

[@nursefuzzywuzzy]

To keep your glass slab from sliding around take a towel and dampen it and put it under the glass slab it will keep the slab from sliding around.

[@NadaMakes1]

Great idea! Thanks :)

[@andyoudontknowwhen]

Could I use this in cosmetics?

[@mridusmitadeka3511]

How to use aluminum oxide as metallic salt

[@phyllisjeanfulton]

Have you ever considered using your interest in dye and applied to Japanese study in Japan?

[@NadaMakes1]

No, I did not even know that was an option! So cool :) thanks for the reference

[@Mark-vs9rk]

I miss you

[@polimare]

Washing soda equals Natrium Bi Carbonate?

[@syedahsanali2943]

Aqueous extraction or solvents extraction mean ?

[@huskytail]

She explained what they mean in the video right when she mentioned the terms.

[@scalopus]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH_VmHidmracpKc At this stage, add both Alum and Soda? is it pour both individually in to the dye, or have to mix alum and soda first?

[@NadaMakes1]

First alum, and then soda! sorry for not clarifying

[@scalopus]

@@NadaMakes1 Thank you very much 😄

[@saniyaahmad3153]

It is sustainable

[@mdrony114]

Plasse set a whether code and emulation and oil paint making video

[@NadaMakes1]

Im unsure I understand what you mean!

[@mdrony114]

My dear please sent dai wall peint pigment making video

[@NadaMakes1]

I will try my best!

[@mdrony114]

@@NadaMakes1 okdear

[@chanheosican6636]

One of my friend makes pva printing and paints designs. 600 euro machine. It a very demanding he saids.

[@nikasokuska8162]

Dude, no one cares

[@andrealouchene6916]

This is a very nice and informative video. But please bear in mind that the colour from red cabbage or most blue flowers is not light-resistant, meaning that if you use it for painting pictures, this will not last but fade.

[@afos32]

I just laked the red cabbage in the frig and got blue, green and bright crazy purple. Thank you so much for the inspiration. I think good alum is the key. I wish I could post a picture

[@NadaMakes1]

Thats awesome! Im happy :)

[@william-pc4qg]

Can this be mixed as an acrylic?

[@dshepherd107]

This was very interesting to learn. As a painter, I thank you