Mushroom Color Atlas: A Guide to Dyes and Pigments Made from Fungi - Hardcover

Beeler, Julie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1797228455 ISBN 13: 9781797228457

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2024

Synopsis

Discover the chromatic wonders of the fungi kingdom and the incredible spectrum of pigments and dyes that can be created from mushrooms.

More closely related to humans than they are to plants, fungi are fascinating organisms—and they are a rich resource for color collectors! Blending scientific detail, botanical illustrations, and creative inspiration, artist and educator Julie Beeler invites you to peek into her workroom as she introduces different types of dye mushrooms—from boletes to polypores to tooth fungi—and walks you through her color-harvesting process. Offering insightful tips on foraging and color distillation and a rainbow of color samples, Beeler peppers in down-to-earth advice on artistic experimentation and fascinating stories about the historical and personal connections between humans and nature, offering a fresh perspective on the magical world of mushrooms.

About this title

About the Author

Julie Beeler is an acclaimed designer, artist, and educator inspired by the natural world. Her work has been featured by The New York Times, Popular Science, The Smithsonian Institution, and The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, among others. After a twenty-year career at the vanguard of interactive design, Beeler founded Bloom & Dye, a natural dye studio and farm in the Pacific Northwest ideally situated for foraging mushrooms and growing fresh-cut color. She can be found online at juliebeeler.com.

Yuli Gates is a multidisciplinary artist with experience in photography, illustrations, relief printing, embroidery, graphic design, and more. She is based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, in the UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1797228455
• ISBN 13: 9781797228457
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Gates Yuli
• Number of pages: 224