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Dyes from American Native Plants

Dyes from American Native Plants
Author: Lynne Richards
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2005
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN:

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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."


Navajo Native Dyes

Navajo Native Dyes
Author: Nonabah Gorman Bryan
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780486421056

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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.


Harvesting Color

Harvesting Color
Author: Rebecca Burgess
Publisher: Artisan Books
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1579654258

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"'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.


Native American Ethnobotany

Native American Ethnobotany
Author: Daniel E. Moerman
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Total Pages: 927
Release: 1998
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780881924534

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An extraordinary compilation of the plants used by North American native peoples for medicine, food, fiber, dye, and a host of other things. Anthropologist Daniel E. Moerman has devoted 25 years to the task of gathering together the accumulated ethnobotanical knowledge on more than 4000 plants. More than 44,000 uses for these plants by various tribes are documented here. This is undoubtedly the most massive ethnobotanical survey ever undertaken, preserving an enormous store of information for the future.


Natural Dyes

Natural Dyes
Author: Dominique Cardon
Publisher: Archetype Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Dyes and dyeing
ISBN: 9781904982005

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This book describes some 300 plants and 30 animals (marine mollusks and scale insects) that are used as sources for natural dyes. Botanical or zoological details are given for each source and the chemical structures is shown for each dye. Dyes employed by different civilisations, identified by dye analyses, are illustrated and relevant historical recipes and detailed descriptions of dyeing processes by traditional dyers are quoted and explained in the light of modern science. Other current uses of natural colorants, e.g. in medicine and for food and cosmetics, and replacement of synthetic by natural dyes are also noted.


The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes

The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes
Author: Sasha Duerr
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2011-01-19
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1604690712

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Through step-by-step instructions and color-saturated photographs, textile designer Sasha Duerr explains the basics of making and using natural plant dye, from gathering materials and making the dyes to simple ideas for how to use them. --from publisher description


How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine & Crafts

How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine & Crafts
Author: Frances Densmore
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1928
Genre: Cooking
ISBN:

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Describes Chippewa techniques of gathering and preparing nearly two hundred wild plants of the Great Lakes area and provides information on their medicinal usage and botanical and common names. Bibliogs


Spectrum

Spectrum
Author: Nancy J. McGuffin
Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : The Guild
Total Pages: 309
Release: 1986
Genre: Dye plants
ISBN: 9780969252009

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The Art and Science of Natural Dyes

The Art and Science of Natural Dyes
Author: Joy Boutrup
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2018-10-28
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780764356339

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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.


A Weaver's Garden

A Weaver's Garden
Author: Rita Buchanan
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2012-07-03
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0486136396

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Valuable hints on dyeing fibers and fabrics, soap plants to use for cleaning textiles, fragrant plants to scent and protect fabrics; planning and creating a garden featuring cotton, flax, indigo, and much more.