NaSiS – “Sodium, Silicon + Sulfur: Alchemical Configurations of Salt, Sand and Sea”

Students will create a range of colors from select dye material through acid and alkaline agents.

The chemical expression of plant matter can be altered to create a variety of colors from one source. These stages signify three distinct forms of transformation expressed through the color scale: light, medium and dark. We will use citric acid, soda ash, and iron to express these distinct stages of mineral distribution.