Textiles, Rugs, Fabrics
SHIMURA FUKUMI - HER VOCATION TO WEAVE LIFE
Written by 佐治ゆかり
展覧会「志村ふくみ展―滋賀県立近代美術館コレクションを中心に」の図録兼用書籍。
CLOTHING THE NEW WORLD CHURCH: LITURGICAL TEXTILES OF SPANISH AMERICA, 1520-1820
Written by Stanfield-Mazzi, Maya
The book provides the first broad survey of church textiles of Spanish America and demonstrates that, while overlooked, textiles were a vital part of visual culture in the Catholic Church.
QUILTS AND COLOR: THE PILGRIM/ROY COLLECTION
Quilts and Color presents more than 60 graphically bold American quilts from the Pilgrim/Roy Collection, one of the finest and largest collections of quilts in the world.
WASHI TRANSFORMED: NEW EXPRESSIONS IN JAPANESE PAPER
Written by Goodall, Hollis
- The first book to explore washi as a medium for contemporary art - The book reveals the contemporary possibilities - as well as the time-honored essence - of a cultural tradition that has been deeply connected with art and life in Japan for more than a millennium - Collectively, the photographs represent a new concept of washi as they have never been published together before.
LACE: LOOKING THROUGH FLEMISH LACE
Written by Schoenholzer, Tessy
- With a focus on lace-making in Flanders, this sweeping history of lace documents an exhibition at MoMu, the Antwerp fashion museum - Explores lace-making techniques from the 16th century to the present, from meticulous handicraft to laser-cut 3D design - Includes historical pieces from world-renowned institutions, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the V&A Museum in London and t
IKAT: THE ESSENTIAL HANDBOOK TO WEAVING RESIST-DYED CLOTH
Written by Zicafoose, Mary
Textile enthusiasts, the ultimate reference you've been waiting for is here--Ikat! Ikat: The Essential Handbook to Weaving with Resists is your introduction to the fundamentals of a resurging trend in woven cloth. Award-winning weaver and instructor Mary Zicafoose has spent more than 30 years exploring the possibilities of ikat and now shares her wealth of knowledge with you.
EARLY ISLAMIC TEXTILES FROM ALONG THE SILK ROAD: THE AL-SABAH COLLECTION, KUWAIT
Written by Spuhler, Friedrich
The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, holds a spectacular array of ancient textiles created in Islamic lands, mostly from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries CE, and traded along the Silk Road, the network of ancient trade routes that linked China, Central Asia, and the Mediterranean for more than 1,500 years.
ART IS THE CLOTH: HOW TO LOOK AT AND UNDERSTAND TAPESTRIES
Written by Sidore, Micala
A colorful guided tour from an expert, enabling weavers, textile lovers, and art lovers to notice and appreciate what tapestries can do and how they do it. This guide from expert tapestry weaver and historian Sidore gives how-to strategies enabling weavers and nonweavers to notice and appreciate the meaning of these artworks.
MODERN KYOTO PATTERN
Written by Various
The arrival and further development of machine printing in Japan made mass production possible in the field of textiles. In Kyoto, in particular, the period up to the 1970s was when the creation and production of a broad spectrum of new designs that incorporated traditional Japanese motifs, pop culture, and many other influences occurred.
GUIDE TO JAPANESE KATAGAMI DESIGNS
Written by 加茂瑞穂
型紙は、柿渋を引いた和紙に様々な文様を彫刻し、主に小紋や浴衣、型友禅などの布地を染めるために使用されます。研ぎ澄まされた彫刻技術や生み出されるデザインは、現代の人々をも魅了します。本書では、昭和8年創業、京都最大規模の型紙彫刻・販売事業を前身とする株式会社キョーテックによる18000点もの型紙コレクションから約180枚を厳選し、「正月」「梅」など季節に関わるテーマから、「縞」「唐草」などベーシックな文様まで、62の題材をもとに丁寧な解説文付きで紹介しました。同じ意匠を持つ文様の美術工芸品との比較もまじえ、和の文様の豊かな魅力を再発見できる構成です。
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