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Websites & Books on Eco-Dyeing and Sustainable

Processes

Artists and Designers Working in Eco Textiles & Dyeing

India Flint

India Flint is a textile artist who makes stitched and dyed textile pieces, creates costumesfor dance, has an eco-fashion label and writes books. The River & Cloth dyeing workshopplans include eco-dyeing, solar dyeing, hapazome and ice flower dyeing techniquesdiscovered by India Flint.

Website: http://www.indiaflint.com/Books: Eco Colour - Botanical Dyes for Beautiful Textiles, 2008

Jenny Dean

Jenny Dean is a natural dyer, handspinner and general textile enthusiast. She runsworkshops and writes books on natural dyeing.

Website: http://www.jennydean.co.uk/wordpress/?page_id=2Books: The Craft of Natural Dyeing, 1994

Wild Colour, 1999Colours from Nature A Dyer!s Handbook, 2007

Kate Goldsworthy

Kate Goldsworthy is a textile designer and researcher, specialising in new finishingtechnologies, design for recycling.

Website: http://www.kategoldsworthy.co.uk/

Alabama Chanin

Alabama Chanin is a lifestyle company that focuses on creating an array of productsthrough focusing on slow design (design or craft that incorporates a focus on local

industry, workforces, and craftspeople) and sustainability.

Website: http://www.alabamachanin.com/


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Rebecca Earley

Rebecca Earley is a textile designer and senior research fellow at Chelsea College of Art &

Design.

Website: http://www.beckyearley.com/Books: Ever & Again

Organisations and Networks:

Textiles Environment Design (TED)

TED is a research cluster involving design practitioners at Chelsea College of Art andDesign in London. TED looks at the role that the designer can play in creating textiles thathave a reduced impact on the environment and to provide a toolbox of designer-centredsolutions.http://www.tedresearch.net/index.htm

Textile Futures Research GroupThe Textile Futures Research & Consultancy comprises researchers across several art &design institutions within the University of the Arts London.

The remit of the Unit is to carry out research that improves the relationship betweenscience and design and explores sustainability.http://www.tfrg.org.uk/

Helen Storey FoundationThe Helen Storey Foundation is a not-for-profit arts organization promoting creativity and

innovation.http://www.helenstoreyfoundation.org/

Junky Styling

Junky Styling are designers who create and sell recycled and deconstructed good qualitysecond hand clothes into completely new and experimental products.

http://www.junkystyling.co.uk/

Kate Fletcher

Kate Fletcher advises and promotes sustainable fashion and textiles.

http://www.katefletcher.com/

Lifetimes ProjectLifetimes explores the relationship between fashion, eco-logical thinking and sustainability.http://www.katefletcher.com/lifetimes/

Natural Dyes International

Natural Dyes is an international nonprofit organisaton which researches natural dyes andpigments, shares information about the history of and the use of natural materials.

http://www.naturaldyes.org/instruction.htm


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The 5 Ways Project

5 Ways explores things made round the corner from where you live, things which you

never want to launder, things which work with human needs, things which have multiplelives pre-ordained, and things which require you to roll up your sleeves and get involved.

http://www.5ways.info/

TRAID (Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development)

Traid aims to protect the environment by diverting clothes and shoes from landfillhttp://www.traid.org.uk/

Quick Book References:

Eco-Dyeing

Ever & Again, Rebecca Earley

Eco Colour - Botanical Dyes for Beautiful Textiles, India Flint: 2008

Natural DyeingNatural Dyes, Dominique CardonWild Colour, Jenny Dean: 1999

Indigo & Shibori

Memory on Cloth: Shibori Now, Yoshiko WadaIndigo, Jenny Balfour-Paul

Quick Web References

History of Indigohttp://www.indigopage.com/herbal/herbal.htm

Ethical Production of textiles and fair trade

http://www.tedresearch.net/research_downloads/fairtradeethicalprod.pdf

Pollution from the textile industry

http://www.tedresearch.net/research_downloads/lowtoxicity.pdf

Textile Recyclinghttp://www.tedresearch.net/research_downloads/recycling.pdf

Environmental impacts of different fibreshttp://www.katefletcher.com/cotton.shtml

http://www.katefletcher.com/polyester.shtml

http://www.katefletcher.com/wool.shtml


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Specialist Suppliers for Materials

Fabrics:

Whaleys of Bradfordhttp://www.whaleys-bradford.ltd.uk/

Natural Dyes:P&M Woolcrafthttp://www.pmwoolcraft.co.uk/

Madder & Woad Plants

Old Hall Plantshttp://www.oldhallplants.co.uk/

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