For those who work with FIBER in weaving, spinning, crocheting,
knitting, macrame; for those who work with CLOTH in batik,
tie-dying, quilting, applique, soft sculpture, sewing. With this
book you can come one step closer to making it from ""scratch"" -
increasing your involvement and satisfaction in your craft, while
enhancing the beauty and value of your finished uh_product. Rich,
soft, subtle colors, not easily copied by synthetic man-made dyes,
are commonly obtained from natural dye sources. The end reward is
beautiful natural colors, but equally rewarding is the pleasure to
be derived from collecting natural materials and from the dyeing
process itself. The world around you becomes a treasure house of
""hidden"" possibilities, with common and readily available plant
materials yielding colors that can be as surprising as they are
special. Like the ancient Hawaiians who colored their tapa cloth
with dyes from kukui, ferns, and other plants of their islands, you
become more sensitive to your natural environment. A greater
respect for craftspeople of the past and a deeper appreciation for
the materials are every natural dyer's gain. Val Frieling
Krohn-Ching is a distinguished weaving and textile design artist
whose curiosity and desire for experimenting has also made her the
authority on dyeing with plant materials in Hawaii using wool
fibers. She now shares the results of her years of experimentation
- and her enthusiasm - with others. Even beginners can use her
basic principles and techniques successfully to achieve new results
of their own. Hawaii Dye Plants and Dye Recipes is itself an
artistic production, filled with charming, botanically accurate
pen-and-ink drawings to aid in plant identification. Instructions
are concise and easy to follow. Interesting information about each
plant enlivens the text, as do personal comments about the author's
experimentation and sources of natural materials. A color chart,
photographed from actual wool samples prepared by the author, shows
more than 300 beautiful results that the natural dyer can achieve
using recipes in this book.
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