SUGGESTED READING
Books, resources, artists, and teachers I find myself turning to again and again to inform my natural dye practice, and which I recommend to anyone hoping to inspire or build their craft.
Books
ON DYEING:
The Art & Science of Natural Dyes by Joy Boutrup & Catharine Ellis
California Dye Plants by Marilyn Wilkins (out of print)
Dyes from American Native Plants by Lynne Richards & Ronald J. Tyrl (out of print)
Harvesting Color by Rebecca Burgess
Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, et al.
Wild Color by Jenny Dean
The Wild Dyer by Abigail Booth
ON ETHNOBOTANY & Ecology:
Chumash Ethnobotany by Jan Timbrook
Early Uses of California Plants by Edward K. Balls
Field Guide to the Flora of the San Gabriel Mountains by Orlando Mistretta
Introduction to California Plant Life by Robert Ornduff, et al.
Iwígara by Enrique Salmón
Kumeyaay Ethnobotany by Michael Wilken-Robertson
Native American Ethnobotany by Daniel E. Moerman
The Nature of Oaks by Douglas W. Tallamy
Plant Galls of the Western United States by Ronald A. Russo
Secrets of the Oak Woodland by Kate Marianchild
Tending the Wild by M. Kat Anderson
Digital Resources
On Dyeing:
Botanical Colors - Blog
The Dogwood Dyer - A Year in Natural Dyes
Graham Keegan - Online Tutorials & Workshops
Gumnut Magic - Blog
Rebecca Desnos - Blog
Rebecca Burgess on “For the Wild” Podcast