Now in paperback, an expert, highly accessible and achievable handbook
of ecologically sustainable plant dye methods using renewable resources
Internationally renowned dyer and artist India Flint draws on her years
of experience and experimentation in natural dyeing techniques to
present an expert, highly accessible and achievable handbook of
ecologically sustainable plant dye methods using renewable resources,
most of which can be found in the average home garden.
Eco Colour is regarded by many as a textbook of sustainability and
uses an exciting range of projects to demonstrate a variety of
techniques, some of them processes developed by the author, including
the now widely adopted ecoprint. Projects range from the simplest
imaginable, such as solar dyeing -- in which the fabric and dye material
are placed in a closed jar and left for a few weeks in a sunny spot --
to the positively romantic including dyeing with 'ice-flowers'. The
result is a boundless range of pure, gentle, natural colours produced
with the least possible harm to the environment and the dyer.
