Wild colour : how to make & use natural dyes /
Dean, Jenny,
Wild colour : how to make & use natural dyes / Jenny Dean. - Revised edition. - 144 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 27 cm
This edition originally published: 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A practical and inspiring guide to creating and using natural dyes from plants, 'Wild Colour' offers the latest information on current environmentally friendly dyeing techniques and more than 65 species of plants and natural dyestuffs. This comprehensive book outlines all the necessary equipment, how to select fibers and plant parts, choose the right methods for mordanting and dyeing, test colour modifiers and the fastness of dyed colours, and obtain a range of gorgeous colours from every plant, from alter to woad, shown in more than 250 swatches.
9781784725532 (hbk.) : £16.99
Dyes and dyeing, Domestic.
Dye plants.
Technology.
Wild colour : how to make & use natural dyes / Jenny Dean. - Revised edition. - 144 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 27 cm
This edition originally published: 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A practical and inspiring guide to creating and using natural dyes from plants, 'Wild Colour' offers the latest information on current environmentally friendly dyeing techniques and more than 65 species of plants and natural dyestuffs. This comprehensive book outlines all the necessary equipment, how to select fibers and plant parts, choose the right methods for mordanting and dyeing, test colour modifiers and the fastness of dyed colours, and obtain a range of gorgeous colours from every plant, from alter to woad, shown in more than 250 swatches.
9781784725532 (hbk.) : £16.99
Dyes and dyeing, Domestic.
Dye plants.
Technology.
