There are thousands of natural materials that make glorious colors in fabric, from rhubarb and dahlias to indigo and groundnuts. Natural dyeing is an ancient tradition, and the techniques behind this ...

The process involves fermenting indigo leaves to create a dye bath. The fabric is dipped multiple times to achieve the ...

Transforming weeds, kitchen scraps and other natural elements into a rainbow of textile dyes is a concept as old as civilization itself, with dye vats dating to as early as 2000 BC. Now, these ...

What started over 10 years ago as a social knitting group for Anne-Marie Kavulla has evolved into a proper business called Pirtti in Dobbs Ferry. Pirtti, which is a Finnish word that means “cabin, ...

The field of textile dyeing and colouration has experienced a transformative evolution, driven by the imperative to develop sustainable and efficient methods that minimise environmental impact whilst ...

Victor Durand, Ever Dye, sheds light on the challenges surrounding the fastness of natural textile dyes. Learn why this issue ...

Textile art surrounds you on windows and floors, furniture and the clothes that you wear. In The Textile Artist’s Studio Handbook (Quarry Books, 2012) by Owyn Ruck and Visnja Popovic, you will learn ...

As a textile designer, Maria learned extraction and dyeing techniques from her team of dyers and weavers in Oaxaca, Mexico, so she could better understand how to get an exact color from plants, seeds, ...

Many people are experimenting with coloring or dyeing eggs with natural dyes – have you thought about trying it? My family has a tradition to dye eggs with onion skins that we always called Bunny Eggs ...

Hungry? Tintoria di Quaregna, one of the world’s largest commercial dye houses, dishes up rich colors as delicious as the herbs and spices they use to make their all natural, colorfast dyes. The ...