The Mushroom Color Atlas by Julie Beeler

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I previously posted a review on weaving with natural dyes, so now it's time to learn about how to forage and leverage one of nature's most fantastical fungi as a natural dye and pigment for arts and crafts.

So why this book? Bonding with nature and engaging in crafts plays a crucial role in fostering a balanced mind-body-soul connection, promoting healing, and nurturing the inner child. Nature provides sense of peace and tranquility that reduces stress and enhances mental clarity, while crafting with natural elements cultivate emotional healing and a sense of wonder.

The Review:

A delightful artistic look at using nature for pigmentation.

🍄‍🟫 This book is presented in a way that inspires exploration the magical fungi kingdom and the art it can produce through pigmentation. It’s written by an artist and educator that is passionate about using mushrooms as dye.

🎨 It displays a beautiful spread of color palettes and the colorful impacts each mushroom can have on various types of mediums (wool, silk, linen). It also touches on a bit of history, foraging, sourcing, dyeing and watercolor paint. All geared towards those looking to DIY their own watercolor mushroom dye.

👩🏻‍🎨 As a lover of all things craft and nature, this really makes my inner hippie giggle with joy. While creating my own pigments isn’t yet in my long list of “crafts to try,” I still found the fact that you can use mushrooms as pigmentation extremely fascinating.

Thanks to NetGalley, Chronicle Books, and Julie Beeler for providing me with a complimentary ARC to review! Molly Meehan Brown and all of her contributing friends for allowing me a complimentary ARC to review. It’s been my pleasure, and I hope to get my hands on a hard copy soon! 💕

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