Synopses & Reviews
Textile artists will find this unique guideand#151;which follows up on the bestselling
Fusing Fabricsand#151;a superbly practical and inspirational introduction to a truly and#147;hotand#8221; topic! With detailed instructions, beautiful photography, and health and safety advice, it explains how such equipment as soldering irons, heat guns, and even household irons can add stunning levels of texture and variety to all types of fabrics. The range of techniques covered is amazing: hot and cold foiling, painted and plain Bondaweb (fusible webbing), bead making from synthetics, three-dimensional work, embossing powders, and so much more. There are even ideas for melting and distorting plastic bags and cellophane, and for using a combination of tools and fabrics to create various layers on a single piece.
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The events of your life, from local walks to exotic trips, can provide endless inspiration for textile art. This inspiring book shows you how to record your experiences, using sketchbooks, journals and photography, to create personal narratives that can form a starting point for more finished stitched-textile pieces.
Acclaimed textile artist and teacher Cas Holmes, whose work is often inspired by her life and the journeys she makes, helps you find inspiration through your own life and explains how to record what you see in sketchbooks and journals, which can often become beautiful objects in themselves. She explains how you can use photography, both as documentation and as inspiration, and sometimes incorporate it into the work itself, along with found objects and ephemera.
Throughout the book are useful techniques that can be harnessed to add extra interest to your work, such as methods for making layered collages, how to 'sketch' with stitch, and advice on design and colour. If you want to create beautiful, unique work inspired by your life and travels, this is the perfect book for you.
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Layering is one of the hottest trends in textile art. Now bestselling author Kim Thittichai shares her expertise on such materials as papers, fabrics, wires, paints, sprays, and more, as well as techniques ranging from machine and hand stitching to heat guns, soldering irons, sissix, and laser cutting. Fun and instructive exercises, combined with gorgeous examples from talented artists around the world, give readers the courage to experiment . . . and the confidence to create their own masterpieces of layered textile art.
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Clearly beautiful! One of the hottest trends in textile art is achieving transparency and translucency through design and the application of new, harder materials: acrylic, perspex, acetates, fiber optics, gels, and resins. Dawn Thorne explains the whole process, including the use of layering, reflections, shadows, lighting, and stitching. In addition to practical projects such as jewelry and a three-dimensional object, there are Images of contemporary transparent textile art to provide inspiration.
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It's a growing trend: textile artists eager to stitch together a community as well as a project. Cas Holmes and Anne Kelly, who formed their own productive partnership, explain the art of creative collaboration whether in small groups or large, with a neighbor or someone far away. They provide advice on finding colleagues, choosing venues, and setting ground rules, plus a wealth of ways to work together, swap pieces, develop variations on a theme, and even make joint creations via mail or the Internet. This thought-provoking, inspirational book will help you connect with other textile artists and take your own work beyond the personal.
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Everyone who works with textiles understands the importance of mastering fundamental techniques. And everyone has experienced the excitement of coming across a new idea. Yet putting art and craft together--the creative act--can seem intimidating. Now two expert artists and teachers share their insights about how to turn ideas into designs, and designs into beautiful finished textile art. They offer advice on choosing fabrics, layering, creating texture, embellishment, edges, finishes, and all the key techniques.
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Anyone who stitches and designs will welcome this much-needed work from best-selling author Kim Thittichai. Kim goes to the cutting edge, looking at the latest, most experimental techniques and materials for textile design and practice. Through exercises and inspirational examples from emerging artists, she takes you through the entire process, from finding an original idea to transforming the designs into finished textiles. Paper, felt, recycling, hand stitching, working in 3-D, layering different media, and more make this essential.
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Whether you want to be thrifty and green, or to add a sense of heritage to your work, incorporating old bits of paper, fabric, plastic, and packaging can lead to stunning textile art. Kim Thittichai takes crafters through a range of innovative techniques for reclaiming and recycling, from collage to rag-rugging, giving each style a unique twist. Every chapter includes a step-by-step project for beginners along with new ideas for experienced textilers, and showcases the work of the best textile artists working today.
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Everything, from a walk in the park to an exotic trip, can provide inspiration for textile art. See how to record your experiences in sketchbooks, journals, and photographs to create personal narratives that become beautiful stitched-textile pieces. Acclaimed textile artist Cas Holmes discusses such techniques as creating layered collages, andquot;sketchingandquot; in stitches, and working with composition and color. The result will be uniqueandmdash;uniquely you!
About the Author
Julia Triston is a practicing textile artist/designer and lecturer in stitch, design, and surface decoration. She makes, exhibits, and sells her work widely, and is renowned for the quirky use of subject, color, and embellishment in her textile-art work.and#160;Rachel Lombard is an award-winning textile artist and designer who owns her own business creating functional, tactile, and decorative artworks. She also runs a program of talks and workshops. Rachel has written for Stitch, Classic Stitches, and Flair magazines. She exhibits her work and is an active member of Fusion and InterfaceArts.