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Nature-Inspired Arts & Crafts

Create art from natural materials you find on your adventures! These resources will give you great ideas to use just about anything you find.

Lawrence Public Library

25 items

  • Wild Color

    the Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes

    Dean, Jenny
    Book, 2010New York : Watson-Guptill, c2010. — 746.6 DEAN J
  • The Organic Artist

    Make Your Own Paint, Paper, Pens, Pigments, Prints, and More From Nature

    Neddo, Nick
    Book, 2015Beverly, MA : Quarry Books, [2015] — 702.84 NEDDO N
  • Nature Inspired

    Mixed-media Techniques for Gathering, Sketching, Painting, Journaling, and Assemblage

    Huskamp, Tracie Lyn
    Book, 2009Beverly, Mass. : Quarry Books, c2009. — 745.5 HUSKAMP
  • Handmade Books for Everyday Adventures

    20 Bookbinding Projects for Explorers, Travelers, and Nature Lovers

    Zamrzla, Erin
    Book, 2013Boston : Roost Books, 2013. — 686.302 ZAMRZLA
  • Colored Pencil Collage

    Nature Drawing and Painting for Mixed Media

    Hoernig, Kelly, 1965-
    Book, 2015Cincinnati Ohio : North Light Books, [2015] — 702.812 HOERNIG
  • Woodland Style

    Ideas and Projects for Bringing Foraged and Found Elements Into Your Home

    Marshall, Marlene Hurley
    Book, 2010North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., c2010. — 745.5 MARSHALL
  • Book, 2007London : A. & C. Black, 2007. — 746.6 RUDKIN L
  • The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes

    Personalize Your Craft With Organic Colors From Acorns, Blackberries, Coffee, and Other Everyday Ingredients

    Duerr, Sasha
    Book, 2010Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2010. — 667.3 DUERR S
  • Slow Stitch

    Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art

    Wellesley-Smith, Claire,
    Unknown, 2015London : Batsford, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company, 2015. — 746 WELLESLE
  • Eco Colour

    Botanical Dyes for Beautiful Textiles

    Flint, India
    Unknown, 2008Loveland, CO : Interweave, c2008. — 746.6 FLINT I
  • Tree Craft

    35 Rustic Wood Projects That Bring the Outdoors in

    Lubkemann, Chris
    Book, 2010East Petersburg, PA : Fox Chapel Publishing, c2010. — 731.462 LUBKEMAN
  • Common Threads

    Weaving Community Through Collaborative Eco-art

    Kallis, Sharon,
    Book, 2014Gabriola, BC : New Society Publishers, 2014. — 701.08 KALLIS S
  • DVD, 2017[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2017] — DVD 745.5097 CRAFT IN NATURE
  • Harvest

    Unexpected Projects Using 47 Extraordinary Garden Plants

    Bittner, Stefani, 1969-
    Book, 2017Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2017] — 641.657 BITTNER