Dyes from Plants

Dyes from Plants
Author: Seonaid Mairi Robertson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1973
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN:

Harvesting Color

Harvesting Color
Author: Rebecca Burgess
Publisher: Artisan Books
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1579654258

"'Harvesting Color' presents the entire process of infusing your life with color--finding the right plants, harvesting them at the best time, transforming the crop into beautiful dye, and, finally, marring pigment to fiber. In this beautiful book, Rebecca Burgess showcases thre dozen common plants that yield striking hues. Citing fascinating botanical lore, she demystifies the process of recognizing each plant in the wild. For those you can grow yourself, she details when to sow the seed and how to nuture the plant. For all the plants, you'll learn the optimal time to harvest, as well as how to extract the best dyes" --Cover flap.

Dyes from American Native Plants

Dyes from American Native Plants
Author: Lynne Richards
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2005
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN:

The dyeing of textiles and other materials is a rewarding and delightful way to bring the colors of nature to daily living. In this fascinating book, the authors have compiled extensive information to bring the techniques, plants, and lore of natural dyeing within every reader s reach."

Natural Color

Natural Color
Author: Sasha Duerr
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2016-08-23
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607749378

A beautiful book of seasonal projects for using the brilliant spectrum of colors derived from plants to naturally dye your clothing and home textiles. Organized by season, Natural Color is a beautifully photographed guide to the full range of plant dyes available, drawn from commonly found fruits, flowers, trees, and herbs, with accompanying projects. Using sustainable methods and artisinal techniques, designer, artist, and professor Sasha Duerr details achievable ways to apply these limitless color possibilities to your home and wardrobe. Whether you are new to dyeing or more practiced, Duerr's clear and simple ingredients lists, step-by-step instructions, and detailed breakouts on techniques such as shibori, dip-dye, and block printing will ensure beautiful results. With recipes to dye everything from dresses and sweaters to rugs and napkins, Natural Color will inspire fashion enthusiasts, home decorators, textile lovers, and everyone else who wants to bring more color into their life.

Botanical Colour at Your Fingertips

Botanical Colour at Your Fingertips
Author: Rebecca Desnos
Publisher: Brand Nu Words
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2016
Genre: Dye plants
ISBN: 9780995556621

Do you love plants? Do you love crafting? Would you like to dye your own fabric, yarn or clothing? Learn the relaxing art of botanical dyeing with natural dyer, Rebecca Desnos. Connect with nature and open your eyes to the colour potential of plants. Discover how to: produce a wide palette of colours, including pink from avocados, yellow from pomegranates and coral from eucalyptus leaves; extract dye from just about any plant from the kitchen, garden or wild; use the ancient method of soya milk mordanting to achieve rich and long-lasting colour on plant fibres, such as cotton and linen; produce reliable colours that withstand washing and exposure to light.

The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes

The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes
Author: Sasha Duerr
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2011-01-19
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1604690712

Through step-by-step instructions and color-saturated photographs, textile designer Sasha Duerr explains the basics of making and using natural plant dye, from gathering materials and making the dyes to simple ideas for how to use them. --from publisher description

Nature's Colors

Nature's Colors
Author: Ida Grae
Publisher:
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1979
Genre: Dye plants
ISBN:

"Two hundred and sixty-eight recipes for natural dyes are fully tested and proportioned for practical home preparation."--Publisher description

Dye Plants and Dyeing

Dye Plants and Dyeing
Author: John F. M. Cannon
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780881925722

This lucid account of plants from which natural dyes can be obtained will be welcomed not only by all who work with fiber arts but also by botanists.

North American Dye Plants

North American Dye Plants
Author: Anne Bliss
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1993
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN:

Handsome line drawings of 126 common, roadside plants are included with tips on how to use them to obtain a range of warm, subtle colors.

Natural Dyes

Natural Dyes
Author: Dominique Cardon
Publisher: Archetype Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Dyes and dyeing
ISBN: 9781904982005

This book describes some 300 plants and 30 animals (marine mollusks and scale insects) that are used as sources for natural dyes. Botanical or zoological details are given for each source and the chemical structures is shown for each dye. Dyes employed by different civilisations, identified by dye analyses, are illustrated and relevant historical recipes and detailed descriptions of dyeing processes by traditional dyers are quoted and explained in the light of modern science. Other current uses of natural colorants, e.g. in medicine and for food and cosmetics, and replacement of synthetic by natural dyes are also noted.