Earth Pigments on Textured Grounds

This is an interesting concept and something I would like to try more of. The texture above was made from some old concrete at the back of my house. My house was built on the foundations of an old butter factory so some of the concrete is old and stony.

I presized some scoured linen with fresh soy and lay this on the concrete. Then I painted it with a soy pig paint made from soy milk and yellow ochre earth pigment and left the cloth to dry in situ. The weather was quite damp so it took ages to dry but the lovely pattern on the cloth was worth the wait

I think I would make a stronger mix in the future to enhance the pattern. This could be achieved using wood or cobblestones on rough concrete to achieve a different texture.