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A reference companion to the museum — plant varieties, the pests and threats that challenge gardens, plant biology, and gardening terms. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
Dyes & Pigments
Know your colorants — natural vs synthetic, reactive, acid, vat and disperse dyes, and the historic dyes from indigo to mauveine.
12 entriesDyeing Techniques
The methods of color — immersion and tie-dye, shibori, batik and ikat, resist and mordanting, and textile printing.
13 entriesFibers & Fabrics
What takes the dye — cotton, wool, silk, linen and synthetics, yarn and weaving, and how textile counts and GSM are measured.
14 entriesColor & Safety
The science and the safety — color theory and colorfastness, mordants and soda ash, PPE, SDS, and treating dye wastewater.
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