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Ancients & Color Blue

If you didn’t know, blue color is a relatively recent phenomenon. This came from the study of writings of greek poet Homer who used strange colors to describe things. For example, iron and sheep he described as violet, while honey is green, with no mention of Blue anywhere. This led scientists to believe for some […]

Why Brass & Silver

Creating alloys has been one of the starting points with using metals in human history. It started with use of meteoric ore that was found in nature and was praised for it characteristics. Around 10 000 years ago humans learned how to smelt metals such as copper and tin from ore, 2500 years BC they […]

What is etching?

Etching is an art form that has its roots from decorative engravings of knights armour in the 14th century. Armourers discovered they could etch the designs instead of engraving which was less time consuming and more cost effective. It took 70 years from this point for etching to develop into intaglio printing that is still […]

Fun facts about black color

Did you know that there are different sorts of black color? Historically black color was made from different natural pigments which would give it different characteristics. Some of the materials used prior to create black are, charcoal, coal, ivory, lamp tar, jet (stone)…These blacks give off warm and interesting tonal ranges, for an instance ivory […]