Natural Color: Vibrant Plant Dye Projects for Your Home and Wardrobe
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (695 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 160774936X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. . 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. 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. Using sustainable methods and artisanal techniques, designer, artist, and professor Sasha Duerr details achievable ways to apply these limitless color possibilties to your home and wardrobe
Her work with plant-based dyes and ecological principles through local land-based sources and community has been featured in the New York Times, American Craft Magazine, Selvedge, and the Huffington Post. SASHA DUERR is an artist and designer who works with organic dyes, alternative fibers, and the creative reuse of materials. She is a professor at the California College of the Arts with a joint appointment in textiles and fine arts
As Duerr points out, nature is the ultimate instructor, an invaluable source of color, inspiration and innovation for all creative endeavors."—Santa Cruz Sentinel"Sasha makes a seemingly complicated process appear less daunting. Her beautifully illustrated book is filled with easy-to-follow recipes and ingredients that we all have on hand, in our gardens, or compost piles!"—Bea Johnson, author of Zero Waste Home"In Natural Color, Sasha shares her extraordinary gift for seeing color in nature. Her ecologically sound approach is both
A beautiful resource! I cross-referenced this book with another lovely natural dyeing book after the walnuts started falling in our yard last month and was so happy with both of them. This book was full of delicious photography and I loved the detailed instructions for someone who was literally starting from square one. It has opened up a whole new world for me creatively and I'm so thankful that Sasha has shared her extensive knowledge and creativity with the r. Great addition to any dyer's library. Linda Partsch Awesome pics. Detailed instructions. Great reference book for all levels of dyeing expertise.. Charmianne said Interesting but falls a little short. There are some interesting dye recipes and instructions here but the photographs are more artistic than instructive for most of the book and in the Kindle version at least, the photos are frequently very small.I wondered where the colour swatches were for the plants mentioned but they did appear later in the book. They should have accompanied each plant's chapter for best effect.All in all, if you look past the reminiscent, though not unple