Spin Off · Article
| Type | Article |
|---|---|
| From | Spin Off |
| Author | Fred Gerber |
| Published | March 26, 2024 |
| Format |
Explore Fred Gerber's method of studying a prospective dye plant—which he called "the investigative method"—designed to assess the dye potential and produce a range of colors from a single dyestuff.
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A botanist by training and an expert on natural dyeing, Fred Gerber wrote a number of books and articles that were published in the late 1960s and 1970s, when few natural dyers were being methodical in their research. Fred called his method of studying a prospective dye plant the investigative method, designed to assess the dye potential and produce a range of colors from a single dyestuff.
This compilation, first featured in the Fall 1994 issue of Spin Off, is a collection of three of Fred’s articles that first appeared in Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot in 1974 and 1975 and in a self-published collection of articles in 1978.
Gerber’s inexpensively produced books and pamphlets from the 1970s are long out of print. His “Investigative Method—A Tool for Study” remains an important resource to this day.
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