2023 Day 29

2023 Dedh Naw warn Ügens


















De Sül, nawhes warn ügens mis Genver

Sunday, 29th January













Ma whans dhe'm cowethes ha dhebm a wodhvos oll an henwyn liwyow. Bes calish ew. An keth hanow ew ûsyes rag nebes liwyow ha nag eus henwyn da rag nebes liwyow erel. Pymentys an cottha ew dhort prei po carrygy. Ma'n liwyow ow türya rag nevra, thens maga coth avel an Norves. Otta mòngleudh gossen en Frenk. Nag üjy an liwyow ow kelly liw. Ma gossen rüdh ha gossen velyn. Ma moy a dhowr kelmys e'n liw melyn ha'n liw rüdh ew heb dowr. Melyn ell bos treylyes dhe rüdh gen y lesky. Mons oll ow comprehendya oxîds a horn.  Nag eus mòngleudh gossen en Kernow bes ma whath call en gonyjow. Ma ryvar ogas dhe Redrüdh (Dowr Conar) henwys an ryvar rüdh. Gossen ew riddyes dhort dowr plompyes mes an balyow, rag sampel Whel Jane. Artist Onya McCausland a ûsyas an pyment ma war vos.  













My friend and I want to know all the names of colours. But it's hard. The same name is used for several colours and there are no good names for some other colours. The oldest pigments are from clay or rocks. The colours last for ever, they are as old as the Earth. Here's an ochre quarry in France. The colours are not fading. There's red ochre and yellow ochre. There's more water bound in the yellow colour and the red colour is anhydrous. Yellow can be turned to red by burning it. They all contain oxides of iron. There is no ochre quarry in Cornwall but there is still iron ore in past mine workings. There is a river near Redruth (River Conar) called the red river. In the past it was stained red. Ochre is removed from the water pumped out of mines, e.g. Wheal Jane. Artist Onya McCausland used this pigment on a wall.

 

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