Artist and designer Sasha Duerr takes the do-it-yourself movement to the next level in her new book, The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes. Duerr demonstrates how to create complex and complimentary colors by using plants grown or resources found in the garden or collected from sidewalks and vacant lots. Simple and sustainable, her methods will work on fabrics, paper, shoes, lamp shades, wood beads, leather, and even hair. This is a book for any gardener, sewer, fabric lover, or do-it-yourselfer interested in adding safe and spectacular colors from everyday ingredients.
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The Handbook of Natural Dyes Wonderful addition to my Library shelf! Hi, a lovely book, easy read, precise and to the point, simple with tons of helpful information. This was one of a few that I purchased because now I am interested in natural dyes. This lovely lady came up in online conversation a lot, with how easy it is to understand what you are doing, as she explains it. She is very safety oriented and explains why. She is detailed, very educated in this field, and this is a book for the reference shelf to go back to again and again.A lot of fun…
Good but some shortcomings Pros:1) She uses non- toxic mordants2) Has some easy to use plants Ive not seen mentioned (avacado peels and pits, horsetail)3) Has about 15 plants in back with a color chip illustrating what (wool I assume) would look like if dyed with that plant and 1) no mordant 2) alum mordant 3) iron mordant and 4) both mordants.4) some lovely project ideas with instructions5) Very cool instructions given for 4 shades from St JOhnswort.Cons:1)The paint chips are…
Sustainable dying I bought this book because I wanted to learn more about natural dyeing and explore dong textile arts more sustainably. I wanted to be able to use salvaged fabric via clothing from the Goodwill, dye them naturally, and then sew them into useful items. I haven’t had this book for long, and I’m currently slowly working towards my goal, but I love what I’ve read in this book so far.It’s very easy to follow and the information is just great. The author very thoroughly talks about what is…