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The handbook of natural plant dyes : personalize your craft with organic colors from acorns, blackberries, coffee, and other everyday ingredients / Sasha Duerr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2010.Description: 171 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 21 x 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781604690712 (pbk.)
  • 1604690712 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Natural plant dyes
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 667/.3 22
LOC classification:
  • TT854.3 .D92 2010
Contents:
Dyeing with plants -- Plant dyeing basics : getting started -- Cooking with color : inspiring recipes for nontoxic color -- Harvesting hues : gathering and growing your own color -- A plant palette : sample plants and dye colors -- The joy of slow textiles : the simple pleasures of making your world more color -- Glossary -- Resources.
Summary: 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
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Circulating Books Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Main Collection TT854.3 .D92 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3182700017399
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dyeing with plants -- Plant dyeing basics : getting started -- Cooking with color : inspiring recipes for nontoxic color -- Harvesting hues : gathering and growing your own color -- A plant palette : sample plants and dye colors -- The joy of slow textiles : the simple pleasures of making your world more color -- Glossary -- Resources.

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

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