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A material study / 047

Bohemian Garnet

Pyrope red, ruby glass & the January birthstone.

A winter dining room in an old Prague apartment: one wall in deep garnet, the rest in volcanic grey, with ruby glass, gilded silver and spruce green by candlelight.

Explore the palette

6 colors / 3 material notes / An authored interpretation

Dark red garnets in volcanic gravel, a garnet brooch, ruby glass, hop cones and red velvet ribbon on grey stone.Study 047 / The room
Plate 047 / Material & memory

01 / The palette

Six colors, one atmosphere.

Screen colors are authored interpretations. Material photographs show surface character; they are not calibrated color samples.

02 / Play with the composition

Red that holds the candlelight.

Give garnet one wall or one large textile and keep the rest in volcanic grey. Hops and gilded silver are accents. Deepen the shadows below to see how quickly the red turns almost black.

A garnet-red wall, grey plaster, a dark green table, red glass goblets and candles by a snowy window.
Live pattern & proportion study

Palette proportions / Total 100%

Surface finish

Starting points

The finish, shadow depth and palette proportions respond to your settings. The room image is a fixed interpretation.

Surface finish: Satin · Shadow depth: 40% · Volcanic Tuff: 25%; Saaz Hop: 10%; Gilded Silver: 10%; Ruby Glass: 15%; Pyrope Garnet: 25%; Spruce: 15%

03 / Translate

From a room to an interface.

The room
A garnet-red wall, grey plaster, a dark green table, red glass goblets and candles by a snowy window.

The interface

THE WINTER TABLE

Objects, rooms & materials

Red that holds the candlelight.

Notes on deep red stones, old glass and long winter evenings.

Cone-shaped wooded hills and hop gardens under a wine-red sky.
Pyrope garnet / Ruby glass / Gilded silverCollection 047

The same palette. Different roles.

Materials

The ingredients.

Small deep red garnets in grey volcanic gravel.
Pyrope garnetSmall deep red stones in grey volcanic gravel.
Ruby red blown glass with curved reflections, small bubbles, rippled surfaces and deep crimson shadows.
Ruby glassTranslucent red glass for goblets and lamps.
A silver surface shows warm tarnish, faint scratches and softly reflected light.
Gilded silverTarnished metal for candlesticks and settings.

An imagined setting.
A contemporary interpretation,
with references kept beside the study.

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From the board

Save the study.

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Overhead view of an oak specimen tray with nine compartments holding raw dark red garnets in grey gravel, faceted red garnets, an antique garnet brooch, a shard of ruby red glass, black basalt, dried green hop cones, a coil of red velvet ribbon, grey volcanic stone and a spruce twig, with six labeled paint chips and a proportion bar below.
January Birthstone Color Palette: Bohemian Garnet, Ruby Glass & Hops from the Czech RepublicSave to Pinterest

Take away

Take the study with you.

Sources & interpretation

A contemporary room and specimen arrangement inspired by Bohemian pyrope garnet and the glass traditions of the Czech Republic. Colors are authored from a styled arrangement. Historical notes are brief background, not a provenance claim for any stone or object shown.

The palette follows the authored material references in this collection. Room, object and material imagery were created for this study. These are imagined settings, with no affiliation to the fictional interface brands.

The controls explore screen composition, not physical pigment recipes or material measurements. Image rights · Image permissions

About this study

The palette, the materials, and what you can take away.

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