Process Archives - Muirne Kate Dineen

Tools used in the Araash Fresco process

Making polished Araash samples for Pink Puja room – New Delhi

Building moulds for striped Corrugated Concrete blocks – Studio, West London

Colour samples for Terracotta Pink Render- Ali Bagh, Western India

Applying first layer, lime / brickdust mortar – Jhotwada, Jaipur, Western India

Grinding yellow colour for Ahmedabad project – Ali Bagh, Western India

Stone pestle and mortar used to grind the pigment and lime for the Araash process

Process of Inlaying Araash Fresco

Inlaying Araash Fresco

Mixing Ochre and cement together for concrete samples – Ali Bagh, Western India

Sieving Ochre Pigment – Ali Bagh, Western India

Mixing Concrete and Colour for Ahmedabad Project – Ali Bagh, Western India

Mixing Pigment with Slaked Lime

Cut Away Araash Fresco ready for Inlay

Mulmul used for straining pigment and lime for final Araash layers

Grinding pigment and lime for Araash – Studio, West London

Mixing Pigment for Copper house project – Ali Bagh, Western India

Mixing Colour Samples for Cement Render – Ali Bagh, Western India

Mixing Colour for Copper House Project – Ali Bagh, Western India

Straining Yellow pigment for Araash – Mumbai, India

Colour samples for concrete mix – Ahmedabad Project, Ali Bagh Western India

Grinding Marble dust and Slaked Lime for Araash, using Chukkis – Mumbai, India

Applying and soaking third layer of Rough Ivory coloured Araash as final wall finish – Gurgaon, New Delhi

Slaking Lime on site – Mumbai, India

Making oil to seal fresco surface

Grinding Lapis Lazuli with Lime

Grinding Lime with Gum arabic

Making ‘Daans’, process of levelling layer of mortar – Studio, Gujerat, Western India

Lime rock before slaking process – Studio, Gujerat, Western India

Slaking Lime – Studio, gujerat, Western India

Slaked Lime pit – jaipur, Rajasthan, Western India

Gyarsilal varma holding Muslin used for straining Colour – Jhotwada, jaipur, Western India

Granite chukki for grinding slaked lime and marble dust – jhotwada, Jaipur, western india

Application of second layer of Rough Araash layers – Jhotwada, Jaipur, Western India

Gum Arabic – Jhotwada, Jaipur, Western India

‘Putti’s’ to assist levelling the lime Mortar layer – Studio, Gujerat, Western India

Lime and brick dust mortar before Araash fresco layers – Studio, Gujerat, Western India

Grinding slaked lime and marble dust in Chukki for Arrash layers – London Studio

Mixing Brick dust and slaked lime for lime mortar – Studio, Gujerat, Western india

Sieving lime rock before slaking – Studio, Gujerat, western india

Working with Shri gyarsilal Varma – Jhotwada, Jaipur, western India

Granite ‘Sil batta’ for grinding colour – Workshop, Ali Bagh, Western India

Pigment and cement powder for concrete blocks – Studio west London

Straining Cadmium red Pigment and lime – Studio, West London

Fibre glass and rubber moulds used for casting base shapes to apply Araash Fresco

Rough initial coloured layers on Araash linghams – Studio, West london

Mixing Raw Pigment – Studio, West london

Straining Colour and lime for concrete render – Workshop, Ali Bagh, Western India

Casting Coloured Concrete blocks – Studio, West London

Grinding Pigment for Final Layers of Araash – Studio, West London

Grinding coconut to seal final polished layers of Araash

Mixing raw pigment and cement powder – Studio, West London

Grinding CPT red pigment – Studio, West London

Brickdust and lime mortar in trough – Kerala, South India

Making Brickdust and Lime mortar – kerala, South India

Measuring slaked lime for cement render – Workshop, Ali Bagh, Western India

Trough for mixing slaked lime and brickdust for mortar – Kerala, South India

Mixing ground Pigments with Lime – Studio, West London

Preparation to slake Lime rock – Kerala, South India

Jaggery, Cactus, and Brickdust for Lime/Brick mortar – Kerala, South India

Making Lime/Brickdust mortar – Kerala, South India

Sieving Lime rock – Studio, West London

Grinding Lime with raw Pigment – Workshop, Ali Bagh, Western India

Storing and slaking of Lime; Ali Bagh studio, Western India

Drying out sample concrete blocks – New Delhi

Grinding Cobalt and Ultramarine pigment with Lime – Ali Bagh, Mumbai, Western India

Rough coloured Araash layers pre. final polished layers – Studio, West London

Rough initial coloured layers for Araash Fresco Blocks – Studio, West London

Mixing a sample of Brick/lime mortar – Kerala, South India

Storing raw pigment – London Studio

Grinding Marble and Lime

Grinding layers of Rough Araash – New Delhi, Northern India