This book demystifies the process of colouring cloth using a variety of techniques including fabric paints, pastels, dyes, bleaches and transfers. It combines simple techniques to produce complex textile surfaces, and describes exactly how these effects are achieved with easy-to-understand step-by-step photographs and instructions.Many people have ...
Now you can keep the beautiful colors of your summer garden with you all year long in the form of vibrant dyes for natural fibers. A DYER'S GARDEN walks you through a garden season from design to planting to harvesting for the dye pot. The hundreds of colors presented are but a sampling of the striking hues you can achieve by following the author ...
Indigo, a Texas town now long past its heyday, beckons China Bales to teach a dyeing workshop. China becomes involved in the town's revival--it has begun to attract artists from the cities--and is pitted against old-timer Casey Ford, who has decided to sell his mining rights, a move that is sure to sink the town once again. After Ford is found ...
Discover your inner artist - and put everyday junk and clutter to good use - with this practical and inspiring guide to the exciting world of surface design."Create Your Own Hand-Printed Cloth" teaches readers 8 simple, and easy-to-learn techniques - stamping, stenciling, random screen-printing, gelatin plate printing, deconstructed screen ...
In this unique craft book, children can create art with colored objects found in nature. No need to buy anything at the store, kids can find the supplies they need on a trip to the backyard, park or garden using leaves, plants, fruits, and flowers. Full-color photos.
Features over 135 specific recipes -- gathered from historical sources -- for cotton, wool, other fabrics. Genuine premodern handicrafts. 12 illustrations.
A British science writer considers the question of color and how it has been used in art from the earliest times to the 21st century--specifically, how the particular color sources available to artists at any given time in history have affected the way they paint. He explores such questions as why the color orange was used so sparsely in ...
Follow expert instructions for dyeing and patterning fabric with MX fiber-reactive dyes and textile paints. Master more than a dozen techniques, including stamping, sun printing, and marbling.
Learn to create richly patterned fabrics with "The Surface Designer's Handbook", the most comprehensive book for learning how dyes work and using them with surface design techniques. Author Holly Brackmann draws on more than 30 years of experience with studio dyeing techniques, providing a wealth of information on dyeing and surface design not ...
Experimentation with various fabric manipulation methods is a trend pursued by creative sewers and textile artists alike. In this volume there are nearly 50 techniques for creating designer fabrics using one's imagination as the guide. Step-by-step photography leads the fabric artist through the various processes used to create decorative fabrics ...
Shibori is the Japanese art of what is popularly known as tie-dye. But this ancient resist-dyeing technique goes far beyond the simple craft that is typically used to embellish t-shirts. In "Shibori: Creating Colour and Texture On Silk", artist Karren K. Brito demonstrates the modern American rendition of shibori, or prismatic shibori, in which ...
The Fabric & Yarn Dyer's Handbook provides all the techniques and inspiration you need to inject a personal touch into fabrics for use in the home or to wear. A vital tool for anyone interested in decorating fabric, this book contains detailed step-by-steps for all the main techniques of dyeing and decorating fabric and yarn such as traditional ...
Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed, affordably priced, compact paperbacks bring ideas to life and amplify our understanding of ...
Colour is one of the most basic means of human expression. It can connote mood, social standing, political alignment, or merely personal preference. In "Colors", archaeologist and ethnologist Anne Varichon presents a comprehensive history of colour: its origins, its symbolism, its significance. Why was purple the chosen colour of royalty and ...
Dyeing to Quilt aims to transform fabric dye ing into a simple process any beginner can master. Joyce Mor i and Cynthia Myerberg explain the basics of colour mixing a nd, through guided workshops, show quilters how to create th eir own colour wheels. '
Here is a complete guide to making your own dye from a wide variety of plants -- acorn to zinnia. Covers dyeing procedures, mordants, preparing fibers, every step. List of suppliers. Bibliography.
For thousands of years, natural dyes have been celebrated for their subtlety and diversity--and, thanks to contemporary concerns about chemicals and toxins, their popularity is surging again. Fortunately, as this vibrant guide so elegantly shows, the craft is both easy and enjoyable to explore and requires no special equipment: just ordinary pots ...
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