Resources & Procedures
Ellie Iron’s DIY Pigment Guide
Iron’s PDF of creating your own pigment contains several sections detailing how and where to harvest plants, the plant history, the paint making process, materials and equipment needed, a index of vocabulary and terminology used, a plant checklist of most commonly found and used plants, and lastly a color wheel.
This is a link to Maiwa’s Table of Contents for natural dying. Here you can find links that provide information regarding the basics of natural dyeing from the types of fibers one can use to the different materials that can be used to dye. Each section is broken down and easy to follow for a beginner level.
Maiwa PDF Guide Book
In addition to the link above here is a printable PDF version of Maiwa instructions, background, and materials for natural dyeing.
This brief six page article (only three pages of written article), give a background exploring the history behind the switch from natural to chemical dyes as well as the science and procedures that go into natural dying.
This website provides a list of native plants that have been historically used during the natural dyeing process. The website provides a quick background into natural dyeing as well as a list of more common dye plants with their latin name and historical background. A color chart that lists additional plants and the various colors each can produce is listed as well.
The blog has directions for dying procedures with easy to follow, step by step instructions as well as listing resources for harder to find materials and resources that helped aid them with natural dyeing.
The Chemistry of Natural Dyes Video
The video explores the resources of the Textile Art Center in Brooklyn, NY in natural dyeing techniques. It additionally addresses some of the basic chemistry that takes place in the natural dyeing process.
