Postgraduate Dissertation (Forthcoming Fall 2026)
Working Title: ‘Sweetening’ in Hydrated Alumina-Type Madder Lake Recipes: Processual Variations, the Clearing of Excess Metal Salts, and their Impact on the Ageing Characteristics of Oil Paint Films.
Research Questions:
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Does the degree to which excess metal salts are cleared from madder lake pigment during its production, and/or the method of precipitation, as dictated by three disparate historical English sources, affect the ageing characteristics of said pigments individually and/or as present within historically congruous oil paint films?
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If so, how are these ageing characteristics impacted; can a connection be established between certain production protocols and incidents of metal soap formation?
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Undergraduate Dissertation
Painting the ‘Absent’ In Gitxsan Territory: Pegi Nicol, Skeena Landscapes, and the Indigenised Production of Canadian National Identity in the 1920s chronicles the way in which artists were encouraged to draw upon Indigenous imagery, relegated to a distant romantic past and supposedly on the cusp of disappearing altogether, to produce a 'unique' visual culture for the young Dominion of Canada. This is achieved via a multidisciplinary approach which responds to both art historical and anthropological frameworks.
Final Grade: 18.5/20