An indigenous sculptor from a small village in Yucatán has recreated the ancient Maya process of extracting blue paint from a native plant via a chemical reaction. “In Cobá, we had extracted the blue tint from the plant, yet the Maya Blue I mixed in my laboratory at home in Dzán was the missing piece,” he said. “According to this old book, once the plant was removed from the water, the afflicted would have their clothes washed in the mixture for a short period, and then put them on, wet and all