Learn how to transform foraged wild plants, plants, garden produce, and recycled food into dyes and inks with Botanical Inks. The book shows you how to extract environmentally sustainable color from the landscape and use it to create natural dyes for textiles, clothing, paper, and other materials. Botanical Inks covers dyeing and surface application techniques, including bundle dyeing, Shibori tie-dyeing, hapazome, indigo sugar vat dyeing, wood-block printing, screen printing, and more. Itt also shows you how to turn your new inks, dyes, and technique knowledge into wonderful projects, from a simple bundle-dyed a scarf to a block-printed tote bag. The process of turning plants into print can help you reconnect with nature, find a creative outlet and develop a mindful sense of presence. It also promotes an awareness of sustainable practices and how to reduce our impact on the planet.

Botanical Inks: Plant-to-Print Dyes, Techniques and Projects

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Behan, Babs

Crafts & Hobbies

Quadrille

Botanical Dyes features recipes and top tips on everything you need to know to make your own natural dyes.\nThe process of turning plants into print can help you reconnect with nature, find a creative outlet and develop a mindful sense of presence. It also promotes an awareness of sustainable practices and how to reduce our impact on the planet.\nExtracting from and updating her book Botanical Inks, Babs talks the home crafter through everything from foraging for dyes, making mordants, creating an array of colors and then putting your new knowledge to the test through some simple projects.\nWith more than 10 dye recipes, clear step-by-step instructions, troubleshooting tips and explanations of what works and why, Botanical Dyes is the accessible handbook that modern makers everywhere have been waiting for.\nBy Hand is a new, how-to slow craft series that celebrates craft techniques Explores an on-trend craft that's part of the 'slow-living' movement Will appeal to people interested in foraging and sustainable practices A comprehensive guide that covers making the dyes and application techniques

Botanical Dyes: Plant-to-Print Techniques and Tips

Naturfarben: Färbemittel, Techniken und Projekte

At-Verlag

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