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By: Julie Beeler(Author), Yuli Gates(Illustrator)
288 pages, colour photos, colour & b/w illustrations
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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 colour 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 colour-harvesting process. Offering insightful tips on foraging and colour distillation and a rainbow of colour 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 world of mushrooms.
- Unique Field Guide to Mushrooms: This guide will take you on a journey through identifying and collecting dye mushrooms to distilling an astonishing range of colours from each one. The five hundred colour swatches included in these pages showcase an astounding array of natural dyes and pigments made from mushrooms.
- A Practical and Inspirational Guide: The Mushroom Color Atlas combines step-by-step instructions for hands-on colour creation with impressive hues and eye-catching palettes. Whether you're a working designer or an emerging artist, a full-time forager or an armchair mycologist, you will find something to love in this unique exploration of science and colour.
- Go Natural: The rewarding hands-on experience of working with mushroom dyes and pigments is a powerful way to feel intimately connected to nature. Beeler invites readers to forge their own creative connection to the natural world, offering advice on ethical foraging, artistic experimentation, and the abundant possibilities afforded to us by the small but mighty mushroom.
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Julie Beeler is a designer, artist, and educator with a deep love and curiosity for the natural world. She lives at the base of a volcano in Trout Lake, Washington, where she forages for mushrooms and runs her fresh-cut colour flower farm, Bloom & Dye.
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.
New
By: Julie Beeler(Author), Yuli Gates(Illustrator)
288 pages, colour photos, colour & b/w illustrations
"Richly illustrated, clearly written, and comprehensive, The Mushroom Color Atlas is a must-have for any dye library. It's more than that, too, and will be of interest to anyone who is curious about the world around them. Beeler has produced a beautiful and engaging resource that's easily devourable cover to cover or that readers can dip in and out of, exploring the world of fungi at their own pace and returning to as they need. It's an exciting addition to the genre, and I look forward to taking it out on a forage this autumn."
– Lauren MacDonald, author of In Pursuit of Color
"This stunning book is the result of years of creative experimentation. Mushrooms are chemical wizards, and Julie Beeler is a masterful guide to the spectrum of pigments they can make. I have spent many happy moments lost in the fungal colourscapes contained in this exquisitely produced volume."
– Merlin Sheldrake, author of Entangled Life
"The saying, 'nature has the answers,' is reflected in Julie Beeler's The Mushroom Color Atlas, a book that unlocks a magical and mystical mushroom palette that has always been here, if only we know where to look. This essential guide for artists and makers in search of natural pigments and dyes has changed my own understanding of color – and inspires me to explore Julie's simple methods for transforming mushrooms into hues both earthy and vibrant. What a tribute to a more sustainable expression of color, design, and craft!"
– Debra Prinzing, author of Slow Flowers and The 50 Mile Bouquet
"The Mushroom Color Atlas is a phenomenally beautiful, technically detailed, and comprehensive exploration of using mushrooms as natural dyes. Julie's book is incredibly well organized both by mushroom species and color aesthetics. The overviews, illustrations, and accurate information makes this a must-have resource for anyone interested in fungi pigments."
– Dr. Gordon Walker, author of Dr. Fun Guy's Passport to Kingdom Fungi
"This book is as exquisite as it is comprehensive. A dazzling resource that belongs on every mycophile's bookshelf."
– Eugenia Bone, author of Mycophilia
