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| 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.
| 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."
| 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.
| Author | : Joy Boutrup |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2018-10-28 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9780764356339 |
This long-awaited guide serves as a tool to explain the general principles of natural dyeing, and to help dyers to become more accomplished at their craft through an increased understanding of the process. Photos of more than 450 samples demonstrate the results of actual dye tests, and detailed information covers every aspect of natural dyeing including theory, fibers, mordants, dyes, printing, organic indigo vats, finishing, and the evaluation of dye fastness. Special techniques of printing and discharging indigo are featured as well. The book is intended for dyers and printers who wish to more completely understand the "why" and the "how," while ensuring safe and sustainable practices. Written by a textile engineer and chemist (Boutrup) and a textile artist and practitioner (Ellis), its detailed and tested recipes for every process, including charts and comparisons, make it the ideal resource for dyers with all levels of experience.
| Author | : Nonabah Gorman Bryan |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 66 |
| Release | : 2002-01-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9780486421056 |
Simply written text, accompanied by detailed line illustrations of plants, explains how to select and mix natural colors of wool and prepare "recipes" for producing specific colors of dye from desert plants, among them single-flowered actinea for yellow, alder bark for a soft brown, the Rocky Mountain bee plant for a pale greenish yellow, more.
| Author | : Carol Leigh Brack Kaiser |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 190 |
| Release | : 1916-04-15 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780983272854 |
| Author | : Charlotte Erichsen-Brown |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 546 |
| Release | : 2013-01-09 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0486139328 |
Chronological historical citations document 500 years of usage of plants, trees, and shrubs native to eastern Canada and northeastern United States. Also complete identifying information, 343 illustrations. "You can't go wrong." — Botanic & Herb Reviews.
| Author | : Jenny Dean |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Colour in textile crafts |
| ISBN | : 9781845335694 |
Jenny Dean's Wild Colour is the modern classic title on traditional dyeing methods. A celebration of the wealth of natural dyes that can be obtained from over 60 species of plants from common marigolds to rhubarb. Part one introduces the concept of natural dyeing and demonstrates how easy it is to get started. All the techniques are explained with step-by-step sequences and photographs. Colour charts help you to work out which method is best for each dye plant and material.Part two reveals the wide range of plants that you can use for natural dyeing. Colour swatches show the tried and tested range of colours you can extract from each plant.
| Author | : Karen Diadick Casselman |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 100 |
| Release | : 2001-01-01 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9780486412313 |
Noted textile designer and lichen expert explains how to create and use dyes derived from lichens. Text covers history of the use of lichen pigments, safe dyeing methods, ecologically sound dyeing, and use of mordants, lichen identification, and more. Text also offers a fascinating history of Asian and European lichen pigments, Scottish, Irish, and Scandinavian domestic lichen dyes, and others.
