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Finished pot from Luis May Ku’s workshop

Despite the language barriers, he was very informative and hands-on. It was a very enjoyable workshop!

Sgraffito collaborations w/ @katedavis-ceramics.bsky.social @haleymcelroy.bsky.social

#ceramics #clay #pottery #workshop #mayablue #azulblue #luismayku
February 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
efhoward.bsky.social
A new ancient recipe for Maya Blue was just discovered—still glowing after so many centuries. Meanwhile, I painted my bathroom last year and it's already peeling. The Maya didn’t have latex or primer, just genius. #MayaBlue #Archaeology #AncientTech #ColorThatLasts #Mesoamerica
Ancient secrets of Maya blue revealed: a second method for creating the iconic pigment discovered
Dean E. Arnold has uncovered a second ancient method for making Maya Blue, an enduring pigment used by the Maya in rituals and art
archaeologymag.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org
🆕 This blog for journal #AncientMesoamerica explores how #MayaBlue bridges #archaeology, chemistry, and indigenous knowledge. Read it alongside the new research - out now #openaccess: ➡️ https://cup.org/460W8an

#archaeologicalscience #mesoamerica #culturalheritage
Rhapsody in Maya Blue « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog
Visitors to many of the archaeological sites in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras are often struck by the bright blue paint on architectural sculptures and frescoed murals at these sites. This re...
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September 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Masked Male Figure with Dance Staff
ceramic with post‑fire applied pigment
C. 700-900 CE
Maya culture
Jaina Island, Campeche, Mexico

#handmade #ceramic #pottery #figure #dancer #festival #dance #mayaculture #jainaisland #mexico #mesoamerica #precolumbian #mayablue #prehispanic #pottery #art #craft
This ceramic Masked Male Figure with Dance Staff is a Maya artifact from Jaina Island, Campeche, Mexico, dating to approximately 700–900 CE. The figure is painted with a distinctive Maya blue pigment, an engineered, post-fire applied pigment created by combining indigo with clay minerals. It is currently held in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The striking blue pigment on this figure is one of the ancient world's most impressive chemical achievements: maya blue.⁣ This wasn't a simple mineral or plant dye. it was an artificial pigment created through sophisticated molecular-scale engineering. the maya combined indigo (from the Indigofera plant) with a specific white clay called palygorskite (also known as attapulgite) and heated the mixture. this process forced the indigo molecules into the sub-microscopic channels of the clay crystals, trapping them. ⁣ The result was a hybrid pigment that is incredibly stable. it is highly resistant to sunlight, acid, and biological decay, which is why this color remains so vibrant more than 1,200 years after it was applied⁣.
June 14, 2026 at 1:46 PM
aurelien-vret.fr
Yax, esquisse de glyphe et bleu maya sur papier, fabriqué à partir d’indigo du Mexique inséré dans des nano-tubes de sépiolite, réalisé en collaboration avec Sonia Ovarlez, 2026. www.instagram.com/p/DYCIUxEgNy... #painting #art #mayablue #Iliazd
May 7, 2026 at 10:04 AM
nisenet.bsky.social
CHEMISTRY NEWS: A ceramicist in Mexico retraced his Maya roots to recreate a long-lost pigment known as Maya blue.
#Chemistry #MayaBlue #NISENet #Nisenetwork #Museums #Planetariums #InformalScience #ScienceCenters #ChildrensMuseums
‘Maya blue’: The mystery dye recreated two centuries after it was lost
A ceramicist retraces his Maya roots to recreate a long-lost pre-Hispanic pigment that survived for over a millennium.
www.aljazeera.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org
🆕 This blog for journal #AncientMesoamerica explores how #MayaBlue bridges #archaeology, chemistry, and indigenous knowledge. Read it alongside the new research - out now #openaccess: ➡️ https://cup.org/460W8an

#archaeologicalscience #mesoamerica #culturalheritage
Rhapsody in Maya Blue « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog
Visitors to many of the archaeological sites in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras are often struck by the bright blue paint on architectural sculptures and frescoed murals at these sites. This re...
www.cambridge.org
October 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org
🆕 This blog for journal #AncientMesoamerica explores how #MayaBlue bridges #archaeology, chemistry, and indigenous knowledge. Read it alongside the new research - out now #openaccess: ➡️ https://cup.org/460W8an

#archaeologicalscience #mesoamerica #culturalheritage
Rhapsody in Maya Blue « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog
Visitors to many of the archaeological sites in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras are often struck by the bright blue paint on architectural sculptures and frescoed murals at these sites. This re...
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
erikakarl.com
I love using historical methods of producing pigments and inks. This article about rediscovering Maya Blue found me by accident. Isn't serendipity a wonder? #inkmaking #dyemaking #ancientcolor #pigmentmaker #pigment #dye #mayablue #indigo

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Artist rediscovers mysterious recipe for ancient ‘Maya Blue’ dye
An indigenous sculptor in Yucatán has recreated a forgotten Maya process for creating a resilient blue pigment found at Chichén Itzá.
mexiconewsdaily.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
jleedomackerman.bsky.social
Enjoyed a lively discussion with Brenda Coffee at Interabang Books in Dallas about her new book Maya Blue, a memoir full of fast-paced narratives of remarkable events from a resilient author.
#mayablue #memoir #authorevent #booksigning #summerreads #shewritespress #thefarsideofthedesert
May 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
anthropology.net
Ancient Maya artisans had two distinct ways to make their unyielding blue pigment—one newly uncovered. A priestly craft, part chemistry, part ritual. #MayaBlue #Archaeology #Anthropology #MaterialCulture #HumanEvolution #Mayan
The Priestly Chemistry of Maya Blue: How Ritual and Science Colored an Empire
A newly discovered method of creating Maya blue suggests sacred knowledge and specialized craft shaped the pigment’s enduring mystery
www.anthropology.net
May 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
upcolorado.bsky.social
"Maya Blue" by Dean Arnold is an engaging and accessible book chronicling the history of one the world’s most unusual ancient pigments as no work has done before- and it's now available 40% off with promocode ARNO24 !
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#MayaBlue #pigment #materialhistory #ceramics
Maya Blue: Unlocking the mystery of an ancient Pigment by Dean e. Arnold “Arnold has brought together all of the research, past and current, about Maya Blue and made it understandable to everyone.”—Leslie G. Cecil
December 9, 2024 at 6:31 PM
cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org
🆕 This blog for journal #AncientMesoamerica explores how #MayaBlue bridges #archaeology, chemistry, and indigenous knowledge. Read it alongside the new research - out now #openaccess: ➡️ https://cup.org/460W8an

#archaeologicalscience #mesoamerica #culturalheritage
Rhapsody in Maya Blue « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog
Visitors to many of the archaeological sites in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras are often struck by the bright blue paint on architectural sculptures and frescoed murals at these sites. This re...
www.cambridge.org
September 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
icdd.bsky.social
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/15/3/226 - Success in obtaining Maya blue-like pigments, in mild conditions, by using bentonite as the inorganic matrix and methylene blue in a phycocolloid.

#MayaBlue #Bentonite #InorganicMaterials #Phycocolloids #chemsky

January 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
hncompanion.com
Overview: The HN discussion on Maya Blue pigment covered shared articles, website design comments, historical/chemical context, and personal connections to the color. #MayaBlue 1/6
June 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
lindalabelle.bsky.social
Registration for my January 2025 workshop in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca Mexico is live! Thank you to everyone who donated to make this possible! There is still time to make a donation - here is the link fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/stories-of-h... @cccdetv @fractured.atlas #mayablue #azulmaya
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December 6, 2024 at 2:34 PM