David Coles
Paint-maker David Coles: the colourful history of pigments
8 Aug 2020
Melbourne-based David Coles is one of very few master paint-makers in the world. In his book Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Colour, he blends art, science and history in tracing some of the… Audio, Gallery
The history of pigments
21 Jun 2017
From cow's urine to beetle's blood, the ingredients that have been used to make pigments across history are equal parts weird and wonderful. Video, Audio