Author : Anne Bliss
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 14,61 MB
Release : 1993
Category : 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)
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 14,43 MB
Release : 2005
Category : 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
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 20,30 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : 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 : Nancy J. McGuffin
Publisher : Richmond Hill, Ont. : The Guild
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 13,56 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Dye plants
ISBN : 9780969252009
Author : Nonabah Gorman Bryan
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 44,6 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : 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 : Joy Boutrup
Publisher :
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,79 MB
Release : 2018-10-28
Category : 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 : Karen Diadick Casselman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 10,95 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : 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.
Author : Carol Leigh Brack Kaiser
Publisher :
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 41,60 MB
Release : 1916-04-15
Category :
ISBN : 9780983272854
Author : Charlotte Erichsen-Brown
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 10,9 MB
Release : 2013-01-09
Category : 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 :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,76 MB
Release : 2010
Category : 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.
