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Feral hues : a guide to painting with weeds  Cover Image Book Book

Feral hues : a guide to painting with weeds / Ellie Irons.

Irons, Ellie, (author.).

Summary:

This book is intended as an artist or crafter's guide to the identification, harvesting, and processing of weeds and other wild plants for the purposes of producing dyes. Instructions on dye-making are included.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781624621932
  • ISBN: 1624621937
  • Physical Description: 56 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm + 4 postcards.
  • Edition: Spiral bound ; Second edition.
  • Publisher: [Troy, New York] : Publication Studio Hudson, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Current-day Hudson / Mahicanituck Edition"--Cover.
Accompanied by dye sample postcards.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Feral hues on estuarial fill -- On naming -- Meeting, sensing & harvesting plants -- Mind-body pause for vegetal attunement -- Making paint: intimate experiments in the studio -- paint-making tools & ingredients -- paint-making steps -- Feral hues color chart -- The plants -- Feral plant habitats in the South Bay -- In conclusion: a phytocentric reverie -- Works cited -- Acknowledgments.
Language Note:
In English with some plant names in Arabic, Chinese, and Latin.
Subject: Paint materials.
Pigments.
Paint mixing.
Paint > Technique.
Painting > Technique.
Weeds > Utilization.
Weeds > Harvesting.
Plants > Harvesting.
Dyes and dyeing, Domestic.
Dye plants.
Color in nature.
Hudson River Estuary (N.Y. and N.J.)
Hudson (N.Y.)
Genre: Artists' books.
Topic Heading: Spiral bindings
Dust jackets

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Emily Carr University of Art + Design P835 I76 F47 (Text) 30244590 Artists' Book (ask at Reference Desk) Not holdable Available -


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