Wild Colour

Wild Colour
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.

Wild Color

Wild Color
Author: Jenny Dean
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1999
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780823057276

This practical and inspiring book is a celebration of the colors that can be obtained from over 65 species of plants - from the common marigolds and rhubarb to the classic dye plants such as madder and indigo. Stunning photography and expert advice make Wild Color the essential guide to growing and using plants to make natural dyes. Whether you are an experimental crafts-person, a beginning or experienced dyer, or a gardener interested in new uses for traditional plants, this is the essential natural dye sourcebook for you.

Wild Rainbow Color Magic Bath Book

Wild Rainbow Color Magic Bath Book
Author: Mudpuppy
Publisher: Mudpuppy
Total Pages: 6
Release: 2021-06-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9780735370395

Colors appear in water like magic with Mudpuppy'sWild Rainbow Color Magic Bath Book! Bath time friends come to life when their colors wondrously appear when wet in this fun and engaging bath book. * 6 x 6", 15 x 15 cm * 6 color-changing pages * Safe for all ages * Colors appear in water * Keep babies and toddlers engaged and entertained at bath time

Color Your Way Through Wild Florida

Color Your Way Through Wild Florida
Author: Kelly Quinn
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-02-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781737295211

Explore the wonders of Wild Florida with this hand-illustrated coloring book. Featuring over fifty of Florida's most iconic species across seven habitats, each page will stoke your curiosity and ignite your creative spirit. Coil-bound version.

The Dictionary of Colors and Colored Words

The Dictionary of Colors and Colored Words
Author: Peter Isaacs
Publisher: Peter M. Isaacs
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2022-10-14
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1737837552

The Dictionary of Colors and Colored Words is the world’s only true and comprehensive collection of lexically verifiable colors and colored words! With this dictionary, individuals near and far now have anytime access to a credible, trusted, and reliable lexical partner to help in absorbing, engaging, exploring, discovering, learning, referencing, maneuvering, and operating within and around the world of color, colors, and colored words. This colorific repository, which has well over 500 individual/specific colors spread over 280 pages strong, is organized and presented in abecedarian format and includes three special bonus sections: nouns only, adjectives only, and verbs only. Some of the entries, which span almost every area, discipline, or field, also include parenthesized boldface guidance as to where they are primarily used, as in art, painting, zoology, biology, botany, chemistry, medicine, dentistry, cartography, crystallography, gemology, mineralogy, psychology, ophthalmology, dermatology, anthropology, entomology, ornithology, computing, digital imaging, graphic arts, astronomy, mathematics, physics, meteorology, photography, printing, publishing, broadcasting, electronics and optics. Additionally, all colors and certain colored words are assigned a six-digit alphanumeric hexadecimal code that allows for precise color matching, classification, confirmation, or reproduction on any digital platform or elsewhere.

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.

The List

The List
Author: Gail Belsky
Publisher: Seal Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2008-11-18
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0786726733

Get a tattoo, ride in a fire truck, or use food as foreplay—in short, get out there and shake things up! Fun, inspirational, and incredibly motivating, The List offers one hundred ideas—ranging from challenging to outrageous—for women who have been craving a little novelty in their lives. With instructions and inspirational stories from women who have risen to the challenge, The List will excite, scare, and push readers to do something they’ve always dreamed of, or better yet, to do something they’ve never dared consider. Whether it’s writing a novel, running a marathon, or taking on a lover, The List delivers what many women are missing—taste of adventure and a light kick in the butt.

True Colors

True Colors
Author: Keith Recker
Publisher: Schiffer + ORM
Total Pages: 526
Release: 2020-04-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 150730272X

This updated 2nd edition features a revised chapter. True Colors is about artists who create color from natural materials and about the historical importance and environmental sustainability of this practice. Deep conversations with 26 artisans from every part of the globe reveal their wisdom, traditions, and know-how—and suggest that we ignore what they know at our peril. Traditional approaches to making color offer sustainable options to a fashion system badly in need of them and memorable cultural narratives to a world hungry for beauty and spirituality. True Colors provides an immersive visual experience and an inspiring travelogue of personal stories and practical information from artists who are leaving their mark on the world.

Yearbook

Yearbook
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1524
Release: 1937
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Lineolated Parakeets

Lineolated Parakeets
Author: Sigrid März
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2014-04-22
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 3735721834

Now also available in English! Lineolated Parakeets, Extraordinary Parrots in Compact Format. 80 colored pages with a lot of helpful photos. This guide gives you the information you need on: - creating a suitable living environment, including tips on how to design your cage or aviary as well as ways to socialize and familiarize the birds with their new living space. - special dietary requirements. - finding out what your bird's behaviour really means. Contains double-sided overviews on: - appearane. - nutrition. - illnesses. - behavior. This book is a project of the 'Lineolated Parakeet Network'.