Madder Root comes from the plant Rubia Tinctorium. The roots make a dye that gives a variety of shades of reds, oranges and rusty browns.… Read more...
Natural Dyes – Madder
Natural Dye – Sandalwood
Red Sandalwood
Pterocarpus antalinus
Red Sandalwood comes for a tree native to India and Indonesia. The dyestuff is from the heartwood and yields oranges, browns and auburn shades of colour.… Read more...
Natural Dyes Osage Orange
Osage Orange Natural Dye
Maclura pomifera
Osage Orange comes from a tree native to Arkansas and Texas. Its wood makes a clear lemon yellow dye.… Read more...
Natural Dyes Logwood
Logwood Natural Dye
Haematoxylum campechianum
Logwood comes from a tree native to the West Indies and the Yucatan Peninsula. The heartwood yields a dye that gives pinks, blues, purples and greens depending on the mordants.… Read more...
Norwegian Lichen Dyed Slippers
Knitted and felted slippers – dyed with lichen. The lichen-dyed yarn samples were knit into squares, sewn together, and then felted by tossing into the washing machine.… Read more...
Printmaking with Plant Dyes
Here are some lovely examples of fabrics printed with natural and fungi dyes.
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