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

Dyes from American Native Plants by Lynne Richards & Ronald J. Tyrl

Harvesting Color by Rebecca Burgess

Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, Mary Kellogg Rice, Jane Barton

Wild Color by Jenny Dean

The Wild Dyer by Abigail Booth

ON ETHNOBOTANY:

Chumash Ethnobotany by Jan Timbrook

Kumeyaay Ethnobotany by Michael Wilken-Robertson

Tending the Wild by M. Kat Anderson

Iwígara by Enrique Salmón

Native American Ethnobotany by Daniel E. Moerman

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

On Ecology & Ethnobotany:

Cal-IPC Invasive Plants Inventory A-Z

Calflora

iNaturalist

Native American Ethnobotany Database