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The fabric & yarn dyer's handbook / Tracy Kendall.

By:

Kendall, Tracy [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Collins & Brown, 2001Distributor: New York : distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Sterling Pub. Co. Description: 160 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1855858797
9781855858794

Other title:

Fabric and yarn dyer's handbook

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

746.6 21

LOC classification:

TT852 .K46 2001

Summary: "If you want to give fabrics that personal touch, you can't do without this vital tool that covers everything from traditional vat coloring to tie-dying, as well as innovative contemporary methods involving photocopiers, foil, and latex. Jam-packed with handy tips from a leading expert in textile dyeing and decoration, it describes the characteristics of different fabrics and yarns, dyes, pigments, and paints. Color strip, screen or block print, do Indonesian batik, smoke stencil, and so much more, with over 100 inspirational, beautifully photographed recipes for dyeing and patterning fabric, a comprehensive techniques section, and symbols that quickly convey a recipe's difficulty, preparation time, process, and type of dye required. And a handy color key system instantly identifies the best material for each procedure!"--Publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (page 160) and index.

"If you want to give fabrics that personal touch, you can't do without this vital tool that covers everything from traditional vat coloring to tie-dying, as well as innovative contemporary methods involving photocopiers, foil, and latex. Jam-packed with handy tips from a leading expert in textile dyeing and decoration, it describes the characteristics of different fabrics and yarns, dyes, pigments, and paints. Color strip, screen or block print, do Indonesian batik, smoke stencil, and so much more, with over 100 inspirational, beautifully photographed recipes for dyeing and patterning fabric, a comprehensive techniques section, and symbols that quickly convey a recipe's difficulty, preparation time, process, and type of dye required. And a handy color key system instantly identifies the best material for each procedure!"--Publisher description.

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