The fabrics used to make kimono, the Japanese national dress, are exquisitely dyed and decorated, even if they are meant for every day use. During the Edo Period, when flamboyant dress was banned, it ...

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How can I dye textiles naturally? I’ve spent the past year learning how to create custom colors using marigold and coreopsis. I picked these two flowers because of their brilliant colors, though you ...

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(Nanowerk Spotlight) The vibrant blue of a morpho butterfly's wings doesn't come from pigments but from light interacting with microscopic structures on its surface. This phenomenon – structural color ...

Elizabeth Dori Tunstall receives funding from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Australia China Council Grant. I am back after two long journeys to India, regional and then remote ...

Unlike most trends that you need a trip to the shops to get involved in, all you need for tie-dyeing is something white, at least one colour of fabric dye, and some rubber bands or string. It looks ...