Creative and innovative, always interested in new techniques and materials, Siqueiros frequently used pyroxylin, a substance related to gun-cotton, which dries with amazing speed. From Wordnik.com. [The artist as activist: David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974)] Reference
Collodion is made by dissolving 5 grams of pyroxylin in the following mixture. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
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