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143 pages : illlustrations (color) ; 26 cm
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English
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A complete guide to modern dyeing with simple projects, techniques and troubleshooting. Natural Dyeing explores the versatility of plant-based dyes, from understanding, choosing and preparing your fiber for dyeing to foraging for your dyes and the different dyeing methods used.
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xi, 180 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
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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 three 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...
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viii, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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This book recounts the colorful history of cochineal, a legendary red dye that was once one of the world's most precious commodities. Treasured by the ancient Mexicans, cochineal was sold in the great Aztec marketplaces, where it attracted the attention of the Spanish conquistadors in 1519. Shipped to Europe, the dye created a sensation, producing the brightest, strongest red the world had ever seen. Soon Spain's cochineal monopoly was worth a fortune....
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