Resources

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MATERIALS

Dharma Trading Co

1604 4th St
San Rafael, CA

Find dyes, mordants, bulk fabrics, yarn, dye instruction books and videos, and other fiber delights.

A Verb for Keeping Warm

6328 San Pablo Ave
Oakland, California 94608

Find dye kits, fabric, and yarns.

Homestead Apothecary

486 49th St #C,
Oakland, California 94609

Find occasional dye kits, plants for dyeing, mordants, and seeds for growing indigo

PEOPLE / PROJECTS

Fashion Revolution

A global network of people radically changing the way our clothes are sourced, produced and consumed, so that our clothing is made in a safe, clean and fair way.

The True Cost

Required viewing. This honest documentary covers what it costs to produce the clothes on our backs.

Plants People

Started by dyer, educator, anthropologist, and ethnobotanist Deepa Preeti Natarajan, Plants People is a project that explores the intersection of plants, people, natural color, and the environment.

BOOKS

Natural Color

By Sasha Duerr

Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing

By Yoshiko Wada

Color: A Natural History of the Palette

By Victoria Finlay

Women in Clothes

By Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, Leanna Shapton, and 160 others

Bluets

By Maggie Nelson

The Secret Lives of Color

By Kassia St Clair