Pouring some glycerin into the mortar.
Adding the pigment.
Using the pestle to start mixing.
Now before you look at me like I’m crazy and wonder what mulling is, I’ll explain it. Mulling is when you mix a pigment to pulverize the clumps of pigment in preparing a paste for painting or coloring soap.
Collect needed supplies:
Glass mortar or a flat pane of glass
Pestle or a flat bottom drinking glass
Glycerin
Pigment Color of your choice (I used Lavender Fields Color)
Rubber Scraper
There still are lots of pigment clumps.
Scraping the mortar.
#1 Pour a small amount of glycerin into the mortar. Use the pestle to coat the sides of the mortar with glycerin. Once the sides of the mortar have been coated, add 1 teaspoon of dry color into the mortar. Start mixing the color into the glycerin until you have created a tacky color paste.
Scraping the pestle.
Continuing to mix the pigment and glycerin.
Final product.
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This is how I disperse my oxides and ultramarines when I make soap. I had no idea it was called “mulling”!
Amy,
You will find that the term is also used when artists make their own paint out of dry pigments.