Rebecca Desnos

Botanical Dyes on Wood Rebecca Desnos

Learn to dye wood with homemade dyes from plants!




I've been dyeing beads for years and for the first time I've written down my entire dyeing process to share with you so you can dye your own. This book isn't limited to beads though - I'll share my tips for painting dye on other wooden surfaces too - even small items of furniture! The possibilities with plant dyes are endless. Have fun exploring!


In this book find out how to:


extract dye from plants you already have easy access tochoose plants that give longer lasting coloursapply the methods to other plants to develop your own colour palettemake concentrated dyes that are suited for dyeing and painting woodpretreat wood in soya milk to achieve darker coloursdye and paint beads, buttons and other small itemsdye wood evenlypaint larger surfaces and even furniture!paint patterns on round beadsuse iron to widen your colour palettestore the dyes in the fridge and keep them for future projectsseal in the colour with oil or other sealantspaint concentrated dyes with a brush on wooduse the same dyes on paper and fabric!