Metal Containers will discolour ochre...aluminium will make the white go grey...steel will rust etc.. Use resealable plastic containers especially if you have glue mixed with it and don't forget to reseal them overnight or it will set hard.
If you want to find Ochre, it is a soft colourful rock, usually clay or kaolin sometimes volcanic...
This ochre has been collected from appropriate places.
In the old days we used Wattle tree sap, Fig tree sap, Eggs, Honey, Water,
Emu oil or goanna oil for binder. Nowadays I use pva glue (Craft or wood glue-dries clear.)
Crush it up to a fine powder and mix it with water and let it soak for a few minutes for the best economy.
It can be mixed with emu oil or goanna oil to make body paint that glistens in the moonlight.
Ochre is used ceremonies like corroborees. Different totem or skin spirits are painted with the ochres to re-enact ancient adventures.
It is used for magic too.
Often if you want something it helps to visualise it.
Ochre is a natural Earth softish rock or clay
If you find colourful stones that are a bit soft, try grinding them with water
Don't breathe it in be careful stone dust is harmful to your lungs, always grind it with a little water
Sometimes it is poured onto a flat rock and water and fig tree sap is mixed with it. Sometimes spit...!
Most people use craft glue and water nowadays in a plastic resealable container.
Add enough liquid to make it the consistency of the paint you want to use..runny...or thick..
A paint brush from the tip of a kangaroos tail or piece of bark, or feather or a few strands of hair are used to apply ochre.
For dots the tip of your finger is good, little finger for little dots, bigger fingers for bigger dots, or different size sticks.
Rub them on something like a hard flat stone and you will have natural Earth pigment...!
Just add water
But not impossible... look around for soft colourful rocks and stones.
You will find them, open your eyes and go outside and have a look!
I only have 60 Kg or so and I want some too...When it’s gone that’s it.
From experience a kilo will last years using it in every painting.
Or as a solid it would cover about 4 square metres.
I have maybe 30 kilos left.
Amazing orange, it’s like the colour of Uluru
and like Uluru, photos can’t do it justice.
I only use it for special effects
P.S. It doesn’t come from Uluru
TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION: No adverse health effects expected if the product is handled in accordance with this Safety Data Sheet and the product label. Symptoms or effects that may arise if the product is mishandled and overexposure occurs are: Acute Effects Inhalation: Material may be an irritant to mucous membranes and respiratory tract. Skin contact: Contact with skin may result in irritation. Ingestion: Swallowing can result in nausea, vomiting and irritation of the gastrointestinal tract. Eye contact: May be an eye irritant. Exposure to the dust may cause discomfort due to particulate nature. May cause physical irritation to the eyes.
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