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bootboy:
anyone know where I can buy natural pigments , particularly red ocre

Auggie:
you might try the missouri trading company,I know theyve got natural paints,might be they have red ochre too.

Hillbilly:
If you've got red clay, you can make your own. Take some clay and let it dry, then mash it up as fine as you can. Stir it up in some water. The bigger, heavier particles will settle to the bottom, and the really fine particles will stay in the water. Those are the ones you want. Pour the water off into another container and boil it dry.You will have fine, red pigment left in the bottom of the container. Mix it with hide glue or the carrier of your choice and you have paint. Heating it will make it even redder. You can make black pigment with charcoal, and other colors with various colored clays.

cowboy:
Steve: That's some interesting stuff. The Brazos river (local) has some pretty nice red clay in it. I'm going to give that a try sometime.

Hillbilly:
Paul, I was spalling one of the nodules of your flint and it had a pocket inside full of really good pure red ochre. Pretty wild looking-it was completely sealed up inside the rock.

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