Eco Colour: Botanical Dyes for Beautiful Textiles
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.23 (694 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1596683309 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Beautiful, amiable, but near useless for newbies S. Ahern I noticed others' complaints that this book lacked "recipes," and assumed they wanted very exact procedures with exact ingredients and amounts.Usually satisfied with more abstract instruction, I went ahead and ordered it -- expecting still to find outlines of . jonil said Eco Colour is slow reading as well as extracting. This is a great directory of plants with their botanical and common names and parts to use to extract colours. You'll find tips on how to collect, store and undergo experiments with colour extractions, as well as documenting your explorations. It is beautifull. India Flint is the Guru of Natural Dyeing Marlene India Flint is the guru of natural dyeing, as far as I'm concerned! I've purchased several books on the topic, and this, to me, is the #1 sourcebook. She has so much information, and I've refined my techniques with excellent results. There is so much informati
The essence of plants bursts forth in magnificent hues and surprising palettes. She uses renewable resources and shows how to do the least possible harm to the dyer, the end user of the object, and the environment. From whole-dyed cloth and applied color to prints and layered dye techniques, India describes only ecologically sustainable plant-dye methods. Recipes include a number of entirely new processes developed by India, as well as guidelines for plant collection, directions for the distillation of nontoxic mordants, and methodologies for applying plant dyes.Eco Colour inspires both the home dyer and textile professional seeking to extend their skills using India's successful methods.. Using dyes of the leaves, roots, and flowers to color your cloth and yarn can be an amazing journey into botanical alchemy. In Eco Colour, artistic dyer and colorist India Flint teaches you how to cull and use this gentle and ecologically sustainable alternative to synthetic dyes.India explores the fascinating and infinitely variable world of plant color using a wide varie
Urban apartment dwellers might be a bit challenged by the philosophy and processes; and a few materials indigenous to Australia are unavailable to those on other continents. Yet there’s much valuable information on every page, in every illustration, throughout each chapter; the author’s very careful orientation to the subject, beginning with collecting plants and finishing with special effects and fabric care and feeding, educates and energizes. --Barbara Jacobs . From Booklist *Starred Review* One of the most elegantly designed crafts books to debut this year, with a sophisticated layout and color photographs that capture well the ecological sensitivities of the artist. Though the art of dyeing has long been associated with natural material