Dry Color French Ultramarine 

Curator: I'm utterly bewitched by the jar of 'Dry Color French Ultramarine', manufactured by F. Weber & Company. It’s a small, humble vessel of intense pigment. It's giving me the blues...in the best possible way! Editor: The means of production are the focus here. What I see is a carefully crafted artifact of color. It's almost a ready-made, and it makes you wonder about the artistry involved in the label design as well as the chemistry. Curator: It’s a captured sky, isn’t it? Or the crushed heart of a lapis lazuli, promising a world of vivid possibilities, from the hands of the artist. Editor: Indeed. The craftsmanship behind making the color accessible is significant. It bridges the gap between labor and artistic expression. Curator: It’s a humble object, but filled with potential. I feel as if the world suddenly has more vivid dreams. Editor: And the artist's canvas—or the page—waits. It invites us to consider the broader societal role of this vivid blue.