Click to Hide Notification

London Pigment

London Pigment is a range of raw pigments made by artist Lucy Mayes from materials unique to Greater London. Each colour is researched, collected, purified before being ground by hand. Found and refined in the UK, this collection represents a rediscovery of the lost heritage of English colour.

Follow @londonpigment on Instagram for an insight into the stories behind the colours and how she makes them. 

NOTE: many of these colours are made in extrmely limited batches so please email us at info@cornelissen.com for further infomation on what is currently availible. 

10 Item(s)

per page

Grid  List 

Set Descending Direction
  1. Verdigris Deep Pigment

    Verdigris Deep Pigment

    £22.00

    Call to Order

    Made to a historical recipe, this Verdigris, unlike others available, has been doubly distilled and therefore more stable than basic Verdigris. This rich green is a translucent pigment with a fine grain.

    Follow @londonpigment on Instagram for an insight into the stories behind the colours and how she makes them. 

    NOTE: many of these colours are made in extremely limited batches so please email us at info@cornelissen.com for further information on what is currently available. 

    Learn More
  2. London Red Brick Pigment

    London Red Brick Pigment

    £18.00

    Call to Order

    Made from pulverised historic London bricks collected from the foreshore of the Thames near Tower Bridge and Wapping this deep red pigment is essentially a variety of red ochre. During the Victorian era, London Clay was dug up and fired on construction sites to produce the building materials for the city. Red brick pigment has a medium grain size and is opaque. Learn More

  3. Epping Forest Yellow Ochre Pigment

    Epping Forest Yellow Ochre Pigment

    £18.00

    This soft yellow ochre is sourced from near the ancient woodland of Epping Forest in North London. Given legal status by Henry ll as a Royal hunting ground for the Monarchy this forest has a rich cultural and geological history. This pigment is a fine particle size and is semi-opaque.

    Follow @londonpigment on Instagram for an insight into the stories behind the colours and how she makes them. 

    NOTE: many of these colours are made in extrmely limited batches so please email us at info@cornelissen.com for further infomation on what is currently availible. 

    Learn More
  4. Hampstead Heath Yellow Ochre Pigment

    Hampstead Heath Yellow Ochre Pigment

    £18.00

    A similar yellow to Epping Forest yellow ochre, this colour is another soft semi-opaque yellow. Hampstead Heath is an ancient woodland and grassland in North London.

    Follow @londonpigment on Instagram for an insight into the stories behind the colours and how she makes them. 

    NOTE: many of these colours are made in extrmely limited batches so please email us at info@cornelissen.com for further infomation on what is currently availible. 

    Learn More
  5. Watercolour Paint Making Set

    Watercolour Paint Making Set

    £30.00

    Call to Order

    This watercolour paint making set includes a 30ml glass vial of gum Arabic crystals and another of Hampshire Red Ochre, a pigment rich in iron oxide. A pamphlet detailing a a watercolour recipe and an introduction to London pigment is also included. The perfect gift for artists getting into making their own art materials or those interested in handmade British earth colours. The pigment itself has a fine to medium grain size and has been washed, levigated and ground to create a stable high quality artist’s pigment.

    Learn More
  6. Wild Weld Pigment

    Wild Weld Pigment

    £22.00

    Call to Order

    This lake pigment is made from the seeds, leaves and stem of the weld plant (Reseda Luteola) and for a natural dye based pigment is an incredibly lightfast warm yellow. Weld was used extensively throughout the 1700s -1800s to dye textiles and when mixed with verdigris the resulting grassy shade is known as the historical colour ‘Lincoln’s green’. Weld is a rare pigment to use as the pigment is not featured in many paint ranges due to its availability. Also many pigment suppliers will not have it as part of their offering. This pigment is made by extracting the soluble dye material from the plants and converting it into insoluble pigment, this is known as the leaking process. It comes in a 20 ml glass bottle with cork and wax seal. Learn More
  7. Hampshire Green Earth Pigment

    Hampshire Green Earth Pigment

    £20.00

    This pigment comes in a 20 ml glass vial with hand finished wax seal and label. Learn More
  8. Portuguese Green Earth Pigment

    Portuguese Green Earth Pigment

    £20.00

    This pigment comes in a 20 ml glass vial with hand finished wax seal and label. Learn More
  9. Rotherhithe Orange Pigment

    Rotherhithe Orange Pigment

    £20.00

    This unique colour is an intense orange oxide that is made from the decay of Victorian pipes mixing with the chalk bed of the infilled docks at Rotherhithe, in south east London. Rotherhithe has a long history as a port, with many shipyards from Elizabethan times until the early 20th century and with working docks until the 1970s, when they began to be infilled due to a decline in imports to Central London. With a fine particle size and transparent quality this pigment would be great for glazing techniques.

    Follow @londonpigment on Instagram for an insight into the stories behind the colours and how she makes them. 

    NOTE: many of these colours are made in extrmely limited batches so please email us at info@cornelissen.com for further infomation on what is currently availible. 

    Learn More
  10. Herefordshire Ochre Pigment

    Herefordshire Ochre Pigment

    £20.00

    This colour comes in a 20 ml glass vial with hand finished wax seal and label. Learn More

10 Item(s)

per page

Grid  List 

Set Descending Direction