6 must-read nonfiction books like Lichen Dyes: The New Source Book (Dover Crafts: Weaving & Dyeing) by Karen Diadick Casselman

Cover of Lichen Dyes: The New Source Book (Dover Crafts: Weaving & Dyeing) by Karen Diadick Casselman

Lichen Dyes: The New Source Book (Dover Crafts: Weaving & Dyeing)

By: Karen Diadick Casselman

4.15

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Lichens are curious plants, composed of fungi and algae that often resemble splotches of paint peel…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Lichen Dyes: The New Source Book (Dover Crafts: Weaving & Dyeing) by Karen Diadick Casselman , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Wild Colour: How to Grow, Prepare and Use Natural Plant Dyes. Jenny Dean

By: Jenny Dean

3.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Wild Colour is a practical and inspiring guide to creating and using natural dyes from plants. Jenn… read more

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2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer as been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of sci… read more

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3. Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene

By: Donna J. Haraway

3.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the midst of spiraling ecological devastation, multispecies feminist theorist Donna J. Haraway o… read more

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4. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists … read more

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5. The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature

By: David George Haskell

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

A biologist reveals the secret world hidden in a single square meter of forest. In this wholly orig… read more

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6. Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater

By: Peggy Orenstein

3.89

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this lively, funny memoir, Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing, sp… read more

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"The beauty was just mind-boggling for this English girl...It was like being in your own national park, but without the signs telling you what you're supposed to think."

-Peggy Orenstein, Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater

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7. The Organic Artist: Make Your Own Paint, Paper, Pigments and Prints from Nature

By: Nick Neddo

4.28

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

It's time to go back to basics! If you're interested in art, but find that it's becoming an increas… read more

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8. Make Ink: A Forager's Guide to Natural Inkmaking

By: Jason Logan

4.36

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

“The pigments he concocts from these humble beginnings are as fun to make as they are eye-opening t… read more

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Cover of Lichen Dyes: The New Source Book (Dover Crafts: Weaving & Dyeing) by Karen Diadick Casselman

9. Lichen Dyes: The New Source Book (Dover Crafts: Weaving & Dyeing)

By: Karen Diadick Casselman

4.15

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Lichens are curious plants, composed of fungi and algae that often resemble splotches of paint peel… read more

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10. The Art and Science of Natural Dyes: Principles, Experiments, and Results

By: Joy Boutrup

4.80

Format: 176 pages, Spiral-bound

This long-awaited guide serves as a tool to explain the general principles of natural dyeing, and t… read more

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Cover of Botanical Inks: Plant-to-Print Dyes, Techniques and Projects by Babs Behan

11. Botanical Inks: Plant-to-Print Dyes, Techniques and Projects

By: Babs Behan

4.31

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Learn how to transform foraged wild plants, plants, garden produce, and recycled food into dyes and… read more

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9 must-read adult books like Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater by Peggy Orenstein

Transform Your Habits

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

3.99

Transform Your Habits

North Woods

Daniel Mason

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

4.00

Transform Your Habits

No Two Persons

Erica Bauermeister

4.09

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