Hi Beth. May I forward this to other lists?
Arlys On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:42:44 -0500 Beth and Bob Matney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This book is being offered at a very good pre-order discount by > Amazon.. > $81.90 (list price $130). > > The book is due out next month (July 30): 500 pages, 560 > Illustrations. I > pre-ordered a copy. > > Beth > > The following is the publisher's information: > > http://www.archetype.co.uk/ > Natural Dyes by Dominique Cardon > This authoritive resource is an expanded, corrected and updates > translation > of the award winning book Le Monde des Teintures Naturelles > (published > 2003, Belin,Paris). It is aimed at dyers, designers, artists, > weavers, > spinners, curators, conservators and restorers, museums, research > institutions........ all those who have a professional or personal > interest > in or passion for colour. > Drawing on many years of field and laboratory research, the author > presents > more than 300 plant and 30 animal dyes in a scientific and technical > context within a handsome illustrated volume. > > Until the 19th century, natural dyes were the only sources for > colouring > textiles, leather, bone and ivory, wood, food, cosmetics etc. and > were also > part of many pigments of the artist's palette. Unlike modern > synthetic dyes > which, for financial and technical reasons have all but replaced > them, > natural dyes are not just the result of one particular colourant. > They are > a synergy of many substances with diverse chemical structures. While > many > may be colourless in the plant or animal, they are changed by the > extraction and production processes into a myriad of colours of > unsurpassable richness and subtlety. > This title is due for publication autumn 2006 > > CONTENTS > Part One - the Art of Dyeing > 1. Dyeing methods through the Ages > 2. Mordants : Discovery and methods > > Part Two - Dye Plants > 3. Reds, violets, oranges > 4. Anthraquinone red > 5. A yellow world : plants containing flavanoids > 6. The flavanoids which do not dye yellow > 7. The yellows which are not flavanoids > 8. From Cockagne to the cowboys : indigo plants > 9. Beiges, greys, blacks, browns : tannin plants > 10. Lichens and mushrooms for dyeing > > Part Three - Purple from shells and Red from insects > 11. Purple : indigo molluscs > 12. Red 'worms' and anthraquinones > > Appendix > Colourants and their chemical structures > > ISBN: 190498200x £75.00 / $130.00 > Hardback. 560 Illustrations > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
