September 2010
2 posts
Lapis lazuli, a semi precious stone has been used for centuries as a pigment for artists paint. It is a pigment more commonly known as Ultramarine Blue. However, modern ultramarine is a synthetic concoction far inferior to it its mineral counterpart.
The name of Ultramarine is derived from the Latin ultramines, meaning ‘beyond the sea’ as it was imported from Asia in the medieval...
