miriam c. rice: mushrooms for color and paper

Two videos on Miriam C. Rice’s original research: Mushrooms for Color: Dyeing with Fungi (1988, 28 minutes) Mushrooms for Paper: Papermaking with Polypores (1993, 12 minutes) The International Mushroom Dye Institute (IMDI) presents Mushrooms for Color, an excellent addition to the book, “Mushrooms for Dyes, Paper, Pigments & Myco-Stix™, by Miriam C. Rice. This presentation combines to two videos, “Dyeing with Fungi“ and “Papermaking with Polypores,“ produced and directed by David Marks. Using extensive footage of Miriam working around her home in the mushroom-rich environs of Mendocino, California, “Dyeing with Fungi“ chronicles more than twenty years of her research and offers a fascinating glimpse into her methods for extracting the full spectrum of colors from fungi, as well as the excitement generated by her finds in the fiber arts community worldwide. This history of Miriam’s work is followed by “Papermaking with Polypores,&qu