To raise awareness about environmental issues and provide a way to keep warm without turning on the heating, Dutch design studio Raw Color has created the Temperature Textiles collection, which is ...

The desire to apply color to a surface is intrinsic to human nature and humans have searched for natural sources of color since prehistoric times. They found out that some minerals could be ground to ...

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This week, the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) hosted “An Evening of Color” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event celebrated the Science History Institute's exhibit ...

Archaeologists are now turning to forensic crime lab techniques to hunt for dyes, paint, and other decoration in prehistoric textiles. Although ancient fabrics can offer clues about prehistoric ...

A. Joel Robinson, American, 1915–2012; "Roman Candles Textile," 1951–52; printed linen; 72 × 50 1/2 in. (182.9 × 128.3 cm); Saint Louis Art Museum, Marjorie Wyman Endowment Fund 12:2020 With a focus ...

Transform your walls with vintage textiles by hanging them up as wall hangings. This not only adds color and texture but ...

Chemists have developed a way to extract natural dyes from ancient textiles while preserving the unique chemical characteristics of each dye. The technique enables the researchers to then identify the ...