Resource Library

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Books about Indigo

A Handbook of Indigo Dyeing by Vivian Prideaux

Indigo, Madder and Marigold: A Portfolio of Colors From Natural Dyes by Trudy Van Stralen

The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing: Traditional Recipes for Modern Use by J.N. Liles 

Indigo: Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans by Jenny Balfour-Paul

Indigo: The Color that Changed the World by Catherine Lagrand

Indigo: In Search of the Color That Seduced the World by Catherine E. McKinley

Wild Color, Revised and Updated Edition: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes by Jenny Dean

Natural Dyes by Dominque Cardon

Natural Color: Vibrant Plant Dye Projects for Your Home and Wardrobe by Sasha Duerr

Indigo: Dye It, Make It: Techniques from Plain and Dip-dyeing to Tie-dyeing and Batik, in Natural Indigo Blue.  by Nicola Gouldsmith  

Blue: Cobalt to Cerulean in Art and Culture by Boston Museum of Fine Arts

The Rarest Blue: The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost to History and Rediscovered by Baruch Sterman

Books about Shibori

Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing by Yoshika Wada

Stitched Shibori: Technique, innovation, pattern, design by Jane Callende

Shibori for Textile Artists by Janice Gunner

Shibori Designs & Techniques by Mandy Southan

Memory on Cloth: Shibori Now by Yoshika Wada