Crowood Press - Printing with Natural Dyes
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- Step-by-step guides for three printing techniques
- Design advice for patterns and color
- Extract vibrant colors from natural plants
- Transform plant dyes into printing pastes
- Features work from leading textile designers
- 112 pages of detailed instruction
- 6.75" x 9.5" paperback format
Master botanical printing with natural dyes on fabric
Screenprinting, block printing, and eco printing. Each technique receives dedicated attention, from preparing screens and carving blocks to bundling fabrics for direct plant transfer.
The book addresses the design challenges unique to botanical printing, creating repeat patterns that accommodate color variation, choosing shapes that complement organic hues, and planning compositions around the tones your garden or local landscape actually produces. Cliffe demonstrates how leading textile designers work with these inherent variables rather than fighting them, turning unpredictability into distinctive character. Technical sections cover mordanting, fixing methods, and paste consistency for different fabric weights.
Textile artists working toward more sustainable practices will find tested approaches here, not just philosophy. The combination of hands-on printing instruction with plant dye chemistry makes this particularly valuable for makers transitioning from synthetic dyes or expanding beyond immersion dyeing into surface design.
