Sometimes you stumble upon magic. Today was such a day.
I’m away for a lovely treat trip with my eldest, we’re in Appleby in Cumbria. Pottering through the pretty gift shops we saw a sign for ‘Alchemy at the Colour Makers House’. So we popped in. The little shop, 17th-century beams and fireplaces, is filled with bottles and tubes of handmade paint pigment. The vibrancy of the colours takes your breath away.
We then stayed to observe how the pigments are created and how they are transformed into paint. It was magical, memorable, a gift of knowledge given so generously by @markhilsden
Joanne and Elizabeth, Scotland