Fiberarts Design Book Four
Author : Nancy Orban
Publisher : Lark Books (NC)
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 10,72 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN :
Fiberarts Design Book 7
Author : Susan Mowery Kieffer
Publisher : Lark Books
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 22,15 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Fiberwork
ISBN : 9781579905217
Book Description
For more than 20 years, The Fiberarts Design Book series has documented the evolution of contemporary textile art, earning praise from such publications as The New York Times in the process. These lushly illustrated volumes have provided precious source material for crafters, artists, critics, art historians, and all admirers of good design. Once again, for the seventh time, Fiberarts offers a dazzling selection: 550 works were chosen from 6,000 entries from around the world and honored for their innovative design and technical expertise. From sophisticated tapestries to bold surfaces to abundant quilts, they represent the depth and diversity of today’s best work.
Creative Cloth Explorations
Author : Patti Medaris Culea
Publisher : Quarry Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,73 MB
Release : 2011-02-09
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1616735309
Book Description
Introduces new, creative techniques for the fiber journaler, scrapbooker, doll maker, beader, and sewer through fairy-inspired projects. This book is the fifth installment on making creative cloth fiber arts from popular art doll designer, fiber artist, and workshop instructor Patti Culea, following Creative Cloth Doll Making, Creative Cloth Doll Faces, Creative Cloth Doll Couture, and Creative Cloth Beaded Dolls. This book builds on the previous four by delving into how to make fun and elaborate-looking projects using the same old materials in a new and unique way. Readers will learn to make flat figures, fabric books, and a fairy-style fan. Culea covers the basics and provides new techniques–such as using Shiva paint sticks and stencils, working with silk rods and waste, and using lace and trims as a frame–while teaching you to how create a flat figure doll, memory journal with embellished cloth pages, and a beautiful fan. Professional tips, ideas for embellishments, cutting-edge techniques, and complete patterns for all the projects are included.
The Kimono Inspiration
Author : Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher : Pomegranate
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 36,33 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Kimononos
ISBN : 0876545983
Book Description
The book explores the use and meaning of the kimono in America and traces the transformation of the garment from its ethnic origins, through its many appearances in fine art, costume, and high fashion, to its role in the contemporary Art-to-Wear Movement. It explores the American use of the kimono as a garment, as a symbol, and as an art form.
New Art Four
Author : Nevill Drury
Publisher : Fine Art Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 25,79 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Art, Australian
ISBN :
Book Description
Artists featured are: Peter Baka, Mac Betts, Jamie Boyd, Stephen Brown, Kate Briscoe, John Caldwell, Stephen Coburn, Rod Dudley, Ian Ferguson, Keely Fielding, Christopher Gentle, Gloria Goddard, Alison Goodwin, Max Gosewinckel, Ian Grant, Mike Green, Paul Greenaway, Garry Greenwood, Meredith Guy-Villon, Basil Hadley, Francis Hansen, Peter Hardy, Geoffrey Harvey, Bernd Heinrich, John Hinds, Louis James, Gil Jamieson, Timonthy John, Greg Johns, Nola Jones, Hanna Kay, Inge King, Hyunmee Lee, Helmut Lueckenhausen, John Martin, Ted May, Lyndall Milani, Rod Milgate, Jeff Mincham, Monty Osewald, Franco Paisio, Victoria Peel, Enid Ratnam-Keese, Sue Rogers, Andrew Sibley, Margaret Sinclair, Wendy Stokes, Neil Taylor, Neville Weston, Liz Williams, Barbara Zerbini.
Fiberarts Design Book Four
Author : Nancy Orban
Publisher : Lark Books (NC)
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 12,47 MB
Release : 1994-03-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780937274712
Book Description
The Surface Designer's Art
Author :
Publisher : Lark Books (NC)
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 16,66 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN :
Book Description
During the last Twenty years, a growing number of artists and collectors have discovered the versatility and excitement of surface design methods. Beginning with an introduction by Katherine Westphal, a pioneer in the field, this book celebrates the work of 28 contemporary surface design artists. They share their thoughts, processes and unique perspectives with the reader. This is the first book to showcase the expanding vision of the contemporary artists and offers a stimulating visual documentation of this colourful and engaging filed. - back cover.
Handweaving
Author : Isabel Buschman
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 33,53 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780810824034
Book Description
Buschman annotates more than 550 books and periodical titles published on the techniques and history of handweaving from 1928 through October 1989. She includes works on how to weave_basic weaving texts, books on looms and equipment, and patterns both for weaving and for woven articles; handweaving history and historic fabrics from around the world; works on Native American weaving, ranging from the Chilkats of the Northwest coast of North America, to the Pueblos and Navajos of our Southwest, Mexico, and Central America, and on through the rich weaving culture of the Andes; reference works containing specialized bibliographies and information on fibers, dyes, education and marketing; and periodicals. With author, title, and subject indexes.
Make Thrift Mend
Author : Katrina Rodabaugh
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 43,43 MB
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1683359003
Book Description
Slow fashion influencer Katrina Rodabaugh, bestselling author of Mending Matters, teaches readers how to mend, patch, dye, and alter clothing for an environmentally conscious, reimagined wardrobe Slow fashion influencer Katrina Rodabaugh follows her bestselling book, Mending Matters, with a comprehensive guide to building (and keeping) a wardrobe that matters. Whether you want to repair your go-to jeans, refresh a favorite garment, alter or dye clothing you already have—this book has all the know-how you’ll need. Woven throughout are stories, essays, and a slow fashion call-to-action, encouraging readers to get involved or deepen their commitment to changing the destructive habit of overconsumption. Rodabaugh has an engaged community (her kits are in high demand and her classes sell out quickly) and a proven ability to tempt sewists and nonsewists alike to take up needle and thread.
Connecting Design to Stitch
Author : Sandra Meech
Publisher : C&T Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,80 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Fiberwork
ISBN : 9781607056225
Book Description
Explore the elements of design and how they relate to quilt making and fibre art. Through a series of exercises, observations, and analyses, readers learn how incorporate basic design principals into their work creatively and confidently. Study various design styles and approaches from fine art, nature, graphic design, and the world of textiles. With Sandra¿s expert guidance, readers will become more comfortable with new textures, techniques, and compositions as they fill their own signature sketchbook with ideas and inspiration.
