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'PINK' PROJECT - PROCESS&MATERIALS

The materials used for this project are a reclaimed wooden pallet, a jar of 100% British whole baby beetroot and natural Linseed oil. 

The pallet was taken from off the streets, where its future of either being recycled or taken to landfill were uncertain so by reclaiming it and changing the context of it for this project it becomes a new temporary object within an exhibition space. The pallets prior use is a mystery but probably used by a logistics or transportation company so through its usage will carry some amount of carbon footprint but doesn't result directly to deforestation as trees aren't cut down to solely manufacture pallets. 

The beetroot was sourced from Tesco and I made sure that they were produced in Britain so that they don't carry as much carbon footprint to be brought here. I first used the acetic acid and spirit vinegar used to pickle the beetroot mixed with linseed oil and then poured water into the jar to let the beetroots natural colouring seep out.

The process of dying the wood is simple yet laborious. The wood doesn't retain water and colouring very well so it is a process of adding numerous coats of the beetroot pigment and then setting aside to dry over night, adding layers of linseed oil after each coat so that the wood doesn't start to rot or decompose. Gradually the pigment is starting to colour the wood, getting a vibrant shade of pink after as the days go by.




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