Lichen Dyes

Lichen Dyes
Author: Karen Diadick Casselman
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780486412313
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Noted textile designer and lichen expert explains how to create and use dyes derived from lichens. Text covers history of the use of lichen pigments, safe dyeing methods, ecologically sound dyeing, and use of mordants, lichen identification, and more. Text also offers a fascinating history of Asian and European lichen pigments, Scottish, Irish, and Scandinavian domestic lichen dyes, and others.