Memory’s Seams: Scarcity and Preciousness in Earth Pigments
A naturally occurring carbon-based ‘mineral black’ mined from ancient flood seams in North Devon, England, Bideford black embodies the contradictions of modernity, and how it is felt at social and bodily scales. During the Second World War, the material was mined for its coal-like properties to con...
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University of Leicester
2024-12-01
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