Natural Color: Vibrant Plant Dye Projects for Your Home and Wardrobe by Duerr, Sasha

Natural Color: Vibrant Plant Dye Projects for Your Home and Wardrobe (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781607749363)

Vendor: Sasha Duerr
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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Natural Color: Vibrant Plant Dye Projects for Your Home and Wardrobe by Duerr, Sasha

Natural Color: Vibrant Plant Dye Projects for Your Home and Wardrobe

$32.50
Natural Color: Vibrant Plant Dye Projects for Your Home and Wardrobe by Duerr, Sasha

Natural Color: Vibrant Plant Dye Projects for Your Home and Wardrobe

$32.50
Format: Hardcover
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A beautiful book of seasonal projects for using the brilliant spectrum of colors derived from plants to naturally dye your clothing and home textiles.

Organized by season, Natural Color is a beautifully photographed guide to the full range of plant dyes available, drawn from commonly found fruits, flowers, trees, and herbs, with accompanying projects. Using sustainable methods and artisinal techniques, designer, artist, and professor Sasha Duerr details achievable ways to apply these limitless color possibilities to your home and wardrobe. Whether you are new to dyeing or more practiced, Duerr's clear and simple ingredients lists, step-by-step instructions, and detailed breakouts on techniques such as shibori, dip-dye, and block printing will ensure beautiful results. With recipes to dye everything from dresses and sweaters to rugs and napkins, Natural Color will inspire fashion enthusiasts, home decorators, textile lovers, and everyone else who wants to bring more color into their life.

Author: Sasha Duerr
ISBN-10: 160774936X
ISBN-13: 9781607749363
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2016
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 10.25h x 7.80w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/18/2016
Library Journal 06/01/2016 pg. 94
By Sasha Duerr
By Sasha Duerr
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SASHA DUERR is an artist, designer, and advocate for the slow fashion movement who works with organic dyes, alternative fibers, and the creative reuse of materials. She is a professor at the California College of the Arts with a joint appointment in textiles and fine arts. Her work has been shown in galleries and museums across the United States and abroad. In 2007 Duerr founded the Permacouture Institute with the Trust for Conservation Innovation to encourage the exploration of fashion and textiles from the ground up. Her extensive work with plant-based dyes and ecological principles through local land-based sources and community has been featured in the New York Times, American Craft Magazine, Selvedge, and the Huffington Post. She is the author of The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes.

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