Natural Dyes

£14.95

Natural Dyes Author: Format: Paperback First Published: Published By: The Crowood Press Press
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Pages: 128 Illustrations and other contents: Halftones, color; Illustrations, unspecified ISBN: 9781847971005 Category:

This volume describes the use of plants that can be grown in the garden or collected from the countryside. It is lavishly illustrated with accurate and detailed botanical watercolors and samples of the colors the plants produce.

Topics covered include five different garden designs using dye plants; a step-by-step guide to dyeing wool, silk, and cotton; solar dyeing; and how to dye felt in all forms.

Paperback, 160 pages

Weight0.4 kg
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Judy Hardman has been spinning, weaving and dyeing yarns for over thirty years, using wool provided by her own flock of Shetland sheep. She regularly runs workshops and gives talks. Resident - Hampshire Sally Pinhey teaches botanical illustration at Kingston Maurward College, Dorset. She is an RHS medallist and illustrator of specialist horticultural books. Resident - Dorset