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Earthues Featured Products

Natural Dye Kits

We've expanded and updated our popular kits
to include the Colors Collection, Indigo Blues,
and Reds: Roots, Bark & Bugs.  Each kit is full
of generous amounts of natural dye extracts,
raw dye materials, non-toxic mordants and
assists, and detailed instruction books that
include recipes our secrets for getting beautiful
color. There is enough material for dyers,
designers or study groups to create almost
any hue you can imagine.  Our kits will dye
over 40 lbs of natural material: yarn, fiber,
fabric, paper, wood, tagua nut, grasses and
reed.

Each kit comes packaged in a reusable box
filled with cultural images of textile artisans
we've worked with from around the world.

To order, call us at 206-789-1065.

Step out into the world...
Take a walk through nature...
Explore the colors of India, Mexico, Laos...
Enjoy the journey with Earthues
Colors Collection
Our most popular kit - contains generous amounts of our major
dyes plus indigo, a 48-page instruction book that details
immersion dyeing, painting and printing with natural dye
extracts.  Includes full-color swatches of all our colors on
cotton, hemp, wool and silk. Non-toxic mordants, color
changers and indigo ingredients are included.    Dyes include:
cochineal, madder, quebracho red,  fustic, chestnut,
pomegranate, logwood purple, indigo, logwood grey, cutch.    
$169.95
Indigo Blues Collection  
A specialty kit containing two varieties of indigo, 25-page
instruction book with illustrations, recipes and hints for
creating perfect indigo vats, including fermentation and
our new chemical vat procedure.  Contains natural dyes
and mordants for creating luscious purples and greens
through over dyeing.       $169.95
Reds:  Roots, Bark & Bugs
Sample the hues that have captivated dyers from Turkey to  the
Andes. This kit contains our favorite red dyes in both raw and
extract form, including rare sticklac from Southeast Asia.  The kit
includes everything you need to bring these passionate colors to
life. A complete instruction book full of information: mordanting
and dyeing methods, historical and scientific data and dye
formulas and recipes.  $169.95
Supporting Sustainable Color
and the Dyer's Art
Earthues, A Natural Color
Company
5129 Ballard Avenue NW
Seattle, WA 98107
Telephone - 206-789-1065
Fax: 206-783-9676
www.earthues.com



Dear Colorists and friends,

It is becoming apparent that green is the newest color in natural dyes.  We are witnessing a burgeoning eco-consciousness all over the
world as we confront the effects of our changing climate: environmental topics are constantly at the forefront.  Although it is easy to
feel overwhelmed by the issues, it is thrilling to hear designers, artists and even visionary manufacturers state that they want to create
their art and products with environmental and social impacts in mind. For us at Earthues, that means a growing interest in natural colors
and non-toxic dye processes.

In the past year, I have been traveling from the remote corners of northeast India to the desert of Uzbekistan to the streets of
Manhattan, teaching and consulting with artisans and indigenous groups on natural colors. At the same time, we are engaging with a
growing number of artists and colorists worldwide who want to create or convert their livelihoods to natural colors. These are exciting
times!

We are thrilled to be carrying an improved version of Quebracho Red, a wood dye from the Americas.  Our formulation is yielding a
clearer, red, which is spectacular when used alone or in combination with other Earthues extracts.  As well, we are now offering
chopped, dried weld flowers from our friend Coby Vandergaast in British Columbia.  She is a former organic basil grower, who has
converted her land to grow several dye plant crops for Earthues, and the pure yellow that her plants give is amazing.  

Join us in the color journey - the path is beautiful, sustainable and very rewarding.

Hues to you,

Michele Wipplinger