The Hem(G)jordspåsen is for you who want to mix your own egg oil tempera but still have access to our collection of recipes.
All our colors can be obtained in dry form in a bag, accompanied by a simple recipe for egg oil tempera. You get to try to find the right consistency yourself; a "thin porridge" is usually a good thing to think about.
Either you crack your eggs yourself and mix an emulsion according to our recipe, then the color will be a pure fresh product that lasts about 1-2 weeks in the refrigerator. Or you can buy our ready-made emulsion which also contains a little drying agent and food preservative. Simple, right!
In this system, the paint can vary a bit more, depending on how you use the bag, i.e., shake carefully, use everything, or just part of the bag's contents. If you use the entire contents of the bag at once, you should get as close as possible.
When we make finished paint, we weigh very carefully so that we can repeat as accurately as possible. So finished paint is a safer system when you are going to paint large areas.
Recipe for egg oil tempera for 1 liter.
- About 5-6 eggs (preferably organic)
- 3 dl boiled linseed oil (or raw cold-pressed of good quality)
- 3-4 dl water
- about 300-500 g pigment (or ready-made Hem(G)jordspåse).
- Whisk the eggs lightly.
- Whisk in the linseed oil little by little.
- Then whisk in the water.
- Now you have made an emulsion!
- Then, to give the emulsion color, add the pigment little by little.
- If the paint becomes too thick, you can thin it with more water; it should not be thicker than light sour cream.
- Store the paint in the refrigerator, it is a perishable item that lasts 1-2 weeks.