The Wild Dyer author-Franca Stagi Like its black and red

Like its black and red predecessors

Camilla Pintonato is the author-illustrator of Full Moon and the illustrator for the Farm Animal series

Ellen Lupton is curator of contemporary design at Cooper Hewitt

Readers will certainly make the leap and stay a while

The Wild Dyer author-Franca Stagi Like its black and redFabrics colored with natural dyes have a beauty and subtlety all of their own. Onion and avocado skins, chamomile and birch bark, and nettles and acorns can produce lovely, ethereal colors and effects. The Wild Dyer demystifies this eco conscious art, focusing on foraging and growing dying materials; repurposing kitchen trimmings; making and using long lasting dyes; and creating stitched projects. Workspace setup, equipment, and fabric choices and