Textiles, Rugs, Fabrics
TEXTILE PORTRAITS: PEOPLE AND PLACES IN TEXTILE ART
Written by Kelly, Anne
A creative and beautiful book packed with inspiring ideas to help you capture likenesses and explore personalities in stitch, from a well-loved textile artist. Anne Kelly's evocative and nostalgic work often incorporates portraits--of friends, family, historical figures, and even pets.
TEXTILE CREATIVITY THROUGH NATURE: FELT, TEXTURE, AND STITCH
Written by Appleton, Jeanette
Practical ideas for rewilding your creative practice. Internationally renowned textile artist Jeanette Appleton takes both budding and more experienced felters through a series of ideas for working with nature to nurture creativity, inspire, and make us more sustainable artists.
PIERRE FREY: TEXTILES, WALLPAPERS, CARPETS, AND FURNITURE
Written by Stella, Alain
Pierre Frey, the leading French producer of furniture, textiles and wallcoverings, seamlessly combines artisanal craftsmanship with modernity. Enchanting brocades and damasks, luminous hand-woven silken velvets, traditional woodblock printed fabrics, striking contemporary patterns made into works of art: Pierre Frey, a family business founded in 1935, is famous for the variety and boldn
INTERTWINGLED - THE ROLE OF THE RUG IN THE ARTS, CRAFTS AND DESIGN
Written by Martí Guixé
La parola intertwingled, coniata nel 1960 dal sociologo e filosofo statunitense Ted Nelson, esprime la complessità delle interrelazioni del sapere, fatta di miriadi di connessioni e relazioni incrociate. Abbracciando questa visione, Intertwingled.
SEA CHANGE: OTTOMAN TEXTILES BETWEEN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE INDIAN OCEAN
Written by Phillips, Amanda
Textiles were the second-most-traded commodity in all of world history, preceded only by grain. In the Ottoman Empire in particular, the sale and exchange of silks, cottons, and woolens generated an immense amount of revenue and touched every level of society, from rural women tending silkworms to pashas flaunting layers of watered camlet to merchants traveling to Mecca and beyond.
DARK, A LIGHT, A BRIGHT: THE DESIGNS OF DOROTHY LIEBES
The first major publication devoted to weaver and designer Dorothy Liebes, reinstating her as one of the most influential American designers of the twentieth century At the time of her death, Dorothy Liebes (1897-1972) was called "the greatest modern weaver and the mother of the twentieth-century palette." As a weaver, she developed a distinctive combination of unusual materials, lavis
ITALIAN TEXTILE DESIGN: FROM ART DECO TO THE CONTEMPORARY
From Pucci's psychedelic patterns to Iuter's skate-inspired prints: how Italian designers have led innovations in textiles throughout the 20th century
GLOBAL IKAT: A WORLD OF COMPELLING CLOTH
This book is a journey across the world through the lens of ikat, a textile technique used for many centuries to create extravagant costumes and cloths of deep cultural meaning.
USE AND ORNAMENT: THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF IMPROV QUILTING
Written by Nick, Ball
Open the door to creative freedom with Nick Ball's improv quilting techniques Throw away your patterns and let your imagination soar! Nick Ball's techniques will offer a liberated approach to sewing and open up a world of creative possibilities. As you experiment with textures, shapes, colors, you find your own creative way of quilting.
KAFFE FASSETT'S TIMELESS THEMES: 23 NEW QUILTS INSPIRED BY CLASSIC PATTERNS
Written by Fassett, Kaffe
World-renowned artist Kaffe Fassett dives deep into the archives to reinvent his most beloved and classic fabric-based designs through an extraordinary collection of fresh quilt patterns Kaffe Fassett needs no introduction--a master colorist and textile designer, Kaffe is known for legendary designs and fantastic quilts.
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