Textile arts and artworks Books
Laurence King Publishing Africa in Fashion: Luxury, Craft and Textile
Book SynopsisAfrica in Fashion explores the kaleidoscope of craft cultures that have shaped African fashion for centuries and captures the intriguing stories of contemporary and avant-garde African brands.Part One looks at Africa''s rich cultural heritage and place in the network of global fashion. The first chapter retells the history of African fashion, exploring Africa''s textile traditions, artisanship and role as a global resource. The second chapter presents a New Africa and examines the promise and potential of Africa''s markets, while challenging stereotypes and the concept of European hegemony particularly in the realm of luxury fashion. It also spotlights Africa''s unique position as the global industry shifts towards a more sustainable future.Part Two ushers the reader into the spectacular world of African fashion today. It showcases a carefully curated set of the continent''s most dynamic brands and, through interviews with prominent and inspiring designers, offers rare insight into their ethos and design practice. Covering unisex fashion, menswear, womenswear, accessories and jewelry the brands are each purposefully selected to contribute uniquely to the mosaic of Africa evolving creative landscape.
£28.00
University of Wales Press An Indigo Summer
Book Synopsis‘There is a certain feeling – standing between rows of richly dyed blue cloth – that you are within an enclave of protection, that within this ocean you can feel calm; a separation from the outside world.’ One summer, a mother and daughter are reunited in the small village of Betws Gwerful Goch in North Wales following the death of a father and grandfather. Ellie returned from studying at university, while Jeanette had been studying the art of indigo dyeing in Japan. In this lyrical memoir, Ellie Evelyn Orrell transports readers to their hillside garden, reflecting on a summer spent learning to work with indigo, and witnessing the power of creativity in moments of mourning and recovery. In it, she weaves together stories of resettling in a once-familiar landscape; the healing powers of art; the historical, mythological and present day properties of indigo; and the presence of this indelible colour within the Welsh landscape. An Indigo Summer is an absorbing meditation on art, rural life and roots, grief, creativity and the artistic process.
£13.49
Unicorn Publishing Group Seasons for the Soul Spells of Nature
Book SynopsisThe beauty and magic of nature seen through the eye of a needle. Colours of flowers and shapes of plants; bleached grass and golden cornfields at harvest time; spiders webs on the structures of decayed seedheads; a metallic green chafer beetle landing on a deep crimson rose; a shooting star. Beguiling discoveries that are part of the world full of secrets, minute details and the sumptuous colours and textures of nature that lend themselves to their translation into rich embroidery. This embroidered path of the seasons uses hand embroidery in its traditional role of storytelling to share nature's gifts. Each stitch holds the emotion of the moment and keeps a record. The book tells the story of the companionship and healing offered by the seasons during the enforced isolation of the pandemic, and how it enabled the artist to find beauty in solitude.
£21.25
Serindia Publications, Inc From The Land Of The Thunder Dragon: Textile Arts
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£29.75
Design Studio Press Costume Design and Illustration
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£22.79
Grantha Corporation Continuing Traditions
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£22.50
Pointed Leaf Press Loving Alpaca
£55.25
Lucky Spool Media Quilting with Liberty Fabrics: 15 Quilts
Book SynopsisFollow Jenni Smith as she's granted rare access to the Liberty design studio and historic archives, and celebrate the iconic designs that have made Liberty London one of the world's most iconic fabric manufacturers. Liberty London opened in 1875 and has been producing exquisite fabrics and designs for over 140 years. In this book there are 15 projects with a complete fabric design history of Liberty as well as a full colour reference index for every fabric used. Featuring beautiful details of the classic fabric designs produced over the years, each quilt will inspire readers to finally cut into those precious bits of fabric and begin enjoying them in pieced projects of their very own. The hardback book comes in a gorgeous hardcover textured linen slipcase in beautiful Liberty fabric. It's an ideal gift for anyone who is a fan of Liberty or British design. This is the first quilting book to be an official partnership with Liberty.Trade ReviewThis book is a ‘celebration of my passion for Liberty Fabrics,’ with their ‘iconic prints’ and ‘soft texture’ writes the author Jenni Smith, they are ‘cherished friends’. Indeed, Liberty fabrics have been inspiring sewers to create everything from high fashion to household textiles for the last 140 years. I myself have a nostalgia for the scraps of past Liberty prints that I keep in my fabric stash, far too precious to cut into. Included in the book is a chapter detailing the history of liberty fabrics and what makes their design unique. The Liberty company has an archive of 50,000 prints, and it is these that its team of designers use as their source of inspiration when they begin their initial drawings and paintings for a new collection of fabric. Liberty are specialists in printing onto fabric, beginning as they did, when the company was founded, with block printing and later moving on to screen printing and digital printing, as technology evolved. They are world renowned for their print quality and attention to detail, especially given the size, intricacy and delicacy of some of their floral patterns. The small section in the book explaining about the base cloth, details the difference between the famous Tana Lawn fabric with its soft texture and Lasenby fabric, a more substantial 100% cotton, which is perfect for patchwork and quilting. It also explains the name origins of these two fabrics and gives an insight into why stroking Tana Lawn, is a favourite pastime amongst fans of this material. Subsequent chapters are devoted to the 15 patchwork and quilting projects that readers can make. The designs utilize a variety of sewing techniques including appliqué, English Paper Piecing, Foundation Paper Piecing and sewing curves. Each project is accompanied by easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams which include material yardages, how to sew the individual quilt blocks, and how to assemble the blocks into the finished piece. The projects are mostly designed to be machine sewn but hand piecing is an option, and 2 projects are designed to be hand sewn and portable. However, what makes this book unique is its adherence to the exclusive use of Liberty Fabrics, for the design and execution of each of the 15 projects. For me, the inclusion of an index of swatches of the Liberty Fabrics used, including a close-up photograph of the design, and details of its unique name and code, was a complete delight. From the very beginning, my own patchwork and quilting story was nurtured by my love for these wonderful fabrics and with this book I have been inspired to revisit them. -- Lis Tate * The Quilter's Guild *Celebrating 145 years of gorgeous floral prints, author Jenni Smith delves into the history behind the iconic designs that have made Liberty London such a household name. You'll be walked through one decade at a time, with 15 luxurious quilt projects showcasing differe3nt trends and styles from across the years. There is also a full colour reference for all the fabrics used, so you can recreate the projects that inspire you most. * Sew magazine - December 2020 *Liberty, the iconic department store located behind London's Regent Street, has an extensive archive of about 50,000 patterns and its in-house design studio, founded in 1952, continues to create iconic textile designs today, all printed on the finest cloth. Smith was granted rare access to both the studio and archives, and the result is 15 projects with a complete fabric design history of Liberty, as well as a full colour reference index for every fabric used. Reflecting the brand's pedigree, the book is a special object in its own right too, arriving in its own linen slipcase and illustrated throughout with beautiful photography. * Embroidery Magazine *
£28.49
Boulder Books The Quilted Stash: A Dozen Newfoundland &
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Editions Norma Vera Székely
Book SynopsisAfter training as a graphic designer in Hungary, the plastic artist Vera Székely (1919-1994), a member of the Székely-Borderie ceramicist collective, tackled work in clay, metal, wood and glass to reach her artistic fulfillment in textiles. From this point on, Vera Székely acknowledged “swimming and dancing in space to leave a trace in it” with her ephemeral installations of bent felt, her stretched canvas structures and “braced sails” that would be exhibited throughout the world, notably at the Biennale internationale de la tapisserie, Lausanne (1981) the Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou (1982), the Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris (1985), the Lunds Konsthall, Sweden (1988). Text in English and French.
£56.25
Brepols N.V. The Hidden Life of Textiles in the Medieval and
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£90.25
Cercle d'art Simone Pheulpin
Book Synopsis“I’d like cloth to be recognized as a material as noble as wood, stone or metal”, says French artist Simone Pheulpin, referring to traditional sculpture. Her material is quite simple, bands of raw cotton fabric, manufactured in the Vosges. This cloth is totally transformed by a piling of very dense and regular folds held together by invisible metal pins, and nothing else. Having recognised it as a space entirely her own, she has, from sculpture to sculpture, invented a grammar of sorts, and lent to the fold as she shapes it a function that is not only visual but chromatic. The result is a very strange work that looks like colonies of coral or lichen, or else recall slabs of striated limestone, vast surfaces whose smoothness is shot with fault lines. Simone Pheulpin’s works can be found in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago and in the Musée des arts décoratifs de Paris. Text in English and French.
£51.00
Birkhauser Tracing Wiener Werkstätte Textiles: Viennese
Book SynopsisWiener Werkstätte: Textiles and their design This book presents new research and archival findings on the textile and fashion designs of the Wiener Werkstätte movement (1903–1932). Textile specialists, art and design historians offer insights into the most important collections and archives in Austria, Switzerland, and the US. The publication explores works by lesser-known female textile artists; the influence of Eastern European folk art, Japanese patterns, and ornamentation textbooks on textile designs; applications in fashion, interior design, film, theater; and marketing strategies used to enter new markets in the US. It includes numerous illustrations of textile samples, many drawn from the Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection (George Washington University Museum / Textile Museum), one of the largest collections of Wiener Werkstätte fabrics in the US. New research and archival findings on the Wiener Werkstätte textile design International project by the University of Neuchâtel, the George Washington University Museum / Textile Museum (exhibition from July 8 to November 5, 2023), and the University of Applied Arts Vienna Contributions by Susan Brown / Caitlin Condell, Rebecca Houze, Janis Staggs, and others
£40.95
De Gruyter Daily Production: Tradition as Remake / Tradition
Book SynopsisUsing traditional clothing as an example, Daily Production focuses on the relationship between tradition and renewal, cultural differences and global economies. What is the current status of specific cultural traditions and phenomena? How do they come about, what do they mean, how do they change? The focus is on the relationship between tradition, production and work with respect to design, production and the use of traditional textiles.Table of Contents
£23.40
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Die Hohe Kunst Der Herrenkleidermacher: Tradition
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£40.50
Bohlau Verlag William Morris und die Buchmalerei
Book SynopsisZeit seines Lebens fasziniert die mittelalterliche Buchmalerei den englischen Kunstler, Schriftsteller und Sammler William Morris. Seine kunstlerischen Entwurfe wie die Ausgestaltung eigener Handschriften und schliealich sein Engagement als Sammler sind davon beeinflusst. Mit diesem Buch legt Michaela Braesel eine umfassende Darstellung seiner praktischen und theoretischen Auseinandersetzung mit der Buchmalerei vor. Die unterschiedlichen Aspekte seiner Beschaftigung mit Handschriften beleuchtet sie aus textkritischer, stilanalytischer, ikonographischer und wissenschaftsgeschichtlicher Sicht. Dabei offenbaren sich die Relevanz und das Innovative von Morris'' Position innerhalb der Buchkunst des 19. Jahrhunderts.
£127.09
Bohlau Verlag Textile Moderne / Textile Modernism
Book SynopsisErstmals werden in diesem Buch die textilen Künste als avantgardistische (Kultur-)Techniken und das Textile als künstlerisches Experimentierfeld der Zeit zwischen 1850 und 1950 in den Blick genommen. Im Fokus stehen dabei Techniken wie Stickerei, Weberei und Applikation sowie Ausdrucksformen wie Textilbilder, Wandteppiche, Wohntextilien und Mode. Die Beiträge internationaler Autor_innen werden von Fragen zu Material, Experiment, Intermedialität, Gender, Translokalität und Globalität, zu textilen Architekturen und Sammlungen geleitet. Sie bieten innovative Perspektiven auf ein noch wenig erschlossenes Themenfeld und tragen so zu einer Neubewertung der textilen Künste der Moderne bei.
£57.84
Bohlau Verlag Cotton in Context: Manufacturing, Marketing, and
Book SynopsisWhile cotton was a world-changing good in the early modern period, for producers, merchants, and consumers, it was but one of many different fabrics. This volume explores this dichotomy by contextualizing cotton within its contemporary culture of textiles. In doing, it focuses on a long, under-researched region: the German-speaking world, particularly Switzerland, which transformed into one of the most prolific European regions for the production of printed cottons in the eighteenth century. Sixteen contributions investigate the (globally entangled) history of Indiennes, silk, wool, and embroideries, giving new insights into the manufacturing, marketing, and consumption of textiles between 1500 and 1900.
£114.54
De Gruyter Bröhan 100: Highlights der Sammlung
Book SynopsisDie sehr reich bebilderte Publikation zur Sammlung des Bröhan-Museums, das 1973 von dem Sammler und Unternehmer Karl H. Bröhan (1921–2000) gegründet wurde, gibt einen Überblick über die wichtigsten designhistorischen Strömungen zwischen 1890 und 1940. Vom französischen Art Nouveau und dem englischen Arts and Crafts Movement über den Jugendstil und die deutsche Werkstättenbewegung, die Wiener Moderne und den internationalen Art Déco bis zur funktionalistischen Gestaltung der 1930er-Jahre wird anhand von 100 Objekten oder Objektpaaren lebendige Kunst- und Sammlungsgeschichte vermittelt. Ein eigener Abschnitt ist den Künstlerinnen und Künstlern der Berliner Secession gewidmet. Ein Muss für Fans von Jugendstil, Art Déco und funktionalistischem Design!
£23.25
De Gruyter Sabine Groschup – DER DOPPELTE (T)RAUM
Book SynopsisThe artistic works by Sabine Groschup, a student of Maria Lassnig, range from painting, textile art and cinematic creations to sculptural pieces, literature and photography as well as spatial, video and sound installations. In her Augsburg solo exhibition "DER DOPPELTE (T)RAUM" (the Double Dream), Groschup presents her multifaceted work on a specially created, surreal stage. Real space and dream oscillate and merge into one another. This sets in motion a tense interplay between reality and dream, which is the focus of the artist's creative œuvre. The essays collected here - by Silvia Eiblmayr, Katja Gasser and Peter Weibel, among others - help the reader to decipher and classify this œuvre. First comprehensive presentation of Groschup's extensive and diverse artistic œuvre. Presentation of the aesthetically unique, surreal stage scenario of the Augsburg exhibition Exhibition tim AugsburgJune 29, 2022–October 9, 2022
£22.40
Harrassowitz Uber Stoff Und Stein: Knotenpunkte Von
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£114.00
Dietrich Reimer Textiles Entwerfen in Serie: Nahtlosigkeit ALS
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£46.55
Peter Lang AG The (In)Visibility of Men in the U.S.-American
Book SynopsisThis book investigates men and quiltmaking, an under-researched part of theU.S.-American quilt world. It analyzes the connection between the genderedness ofmaterial practice and White masculinity concepts in the U.S.-American mainstream.The examination of the construct of masculinity in two quilt novel series from the2010s aims to answer the question of whether the characters’ attitudes towardsquiltmaking and quilts as objects provide information about change in heterosexualgender relations and whether the fictional masculinities in Wanda E. Brunstetter’s orAnn Hazelwood’s novels promote new approaches to manhood. Due to the paucity ofscholarly work on contemporary quilt fiction, this book also contributes to the studyof a hybrid genre.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments – 1 Introduction – 2 History of Quiltmaking and White Euro- American Manhood – 3 Men in Selected Fictional Texts on Quiltmaking – 4 Analyzing the Roles of Men in Two Quilt Novel Series – 5 Conclusion – Works Cited
£51.30
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Textile Workers: Skills, Labour and Status of
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£104.50
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig,Germany Threads: Material, Myths & Symbols
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£28.00
Books on Demand Dämmerung im Abendlicht
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£11.21
Hatje Cantz Xiaowen Zhu. Oriental Silk (bilingual)
Book SynopsisCan corporate history be art? This question can only be asked if one is not familiar with the fascinating long-term project by the Chinese artist Xiaowen Zhu. Anyone who has experienced Oriental Silk will answer this question with a clear “yes.” The project’s title is also the name of a company founded in Los Angeles in the early 1970s. Specialising in trading and distributing silks, it was headed for decades by Kenneth Wong and his family. Through her multi-sensory works Zhu opens up a multifaceted view of a firm that is distinguished, like its silk products, through its own haptics, style, colours, and values. The people, places, and stories that make up the phenomenon of Oriental Silk form a fascinating, vivid tapestry in which the past and present, art and life, are closely interwoven.
£32.00
Hatje Cantz Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the fabric works from the last two decades in the career of legendary artist Louise Bourgeois. “I’ve always had a fascination with the needle,” she said, “the magic power of the needle. The needle is used to repair damage. It’s a claim to forgiveness.” This body of work began when the artist started incorporating clothes from all stages of her life into her art, and later expanded to include a range of other textiles such as bedlinen, handkerchiefs, tapestry, and needlepoint. The fabric works mine the themes of identity and sexuality, trauma and memory, guilt and reparation, and serve as metaphors for emotional and psychological states. The catalog – which accompanies the exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London and the Gropius Bau, Berlin – features works from numerous series, including the monumental Cell installations, figurative sculptures, and abstract drawings.
£39.60
Hatje Cantz Pia Ferm (Bilingual edition): Bread and Butter
Book SynopsisThe first monograph by Swedish artist Pia Ferm provides a comprehensive overview of both her marble sculptures and tufted tapestries. These are created from sketches and watercolor drawings, though their drawing origins remain visible in the hand-worked wool surfaces. The abstract patterns of these works are more reminiscent of paintings than of classic tapestries – thus the term “woven drawing” unquestionably fits Ferm’s distinctive works. The artist is concerned with breaking down genre boundaries: When does a work of art cross the status from sculpture to painting, or vice versa? In addition to extensive visual material, the monograph contains texts on the artist’s working methods.
£27.20
Hirmer Verlag The Chasuble of Thomas Becket: A Biography
Book SynopsisThe so-called chasuble of Thomas Becket (1118–1170) is one of the most magnificent medieval textiles in the Mediterranean region. Richly decorated with ornaments, fabulous animals and figures in lavish gold embroidery with Arabic inscriptions, this precious liturgical garment provides impressive proof of the reutilisation of the Islamic arts in the Christian world. Venerated as a relic of St Thomas of Canterbury, the chasuble was produced in Spanish-Muslim workshops and probably reached Italy as a donation to the Cathedral of Fermo in about 1200. Despite its outstanding artistic quality and fascinating history, this magnificent garment has never hitherto been the subject of a detailed study. Richly illustrated with numerous details, this volume investigates the meaning of the inscriptions and motifs, examines manufacturing techniques and the function of the chasuble, traces its “biography” and places it within the historical context of the political, economic and cultural situation in the Mediterranean region.
£63.75
Hirmer Verlag Koho Mori-Newton: No Intention
Book SynopsisThe Japanese artist Koho Mori-Newton is a master when it comes to handling silk, which he places in an exciting dialogue with architecture. In this way he creates cult-like spaces which interact with light in a fasci nating way. In addition to the works in silk, this volume also shows various graphic work groups from the last 35 years as well as the Path of Silk, created especially for no intention. Koho Mori-Newton (*1951) is a master of intentional lack of intention. His works appear simple, but the aesthetic which lies behind them is complex. Time and again he investigates the basis of art itself, questions the concept of the originality of the artistic creative process and explores the boundaries of artworks. His oeuvre lures us into a world that exists beyond the obvious. Path of Silk, a labyrinthine installation of room-high panels of silk, worked in China ink by Mori-Newton, presents a fragile interplay of space and light, of heaviness and lightness. Further areas of focus in his creative work are repetition and copy, from which his graphic works derive their own special charm.
£25.46
Hirmer Verlag Tamara Kostianovsky: Rapacious Beauty
Book SynopsisLatinx artist Tamara Kostianovsky began using her discarded clothes as artistic material shortly after immigrating to the United States, addressing cultural and physical displacement, assimilation and identity, and the brutal history of Latin America. Today, these emotionally charged materials coalesce in a post-colonial vision for an ecological future. Tamara Kostianovsky creates sculptures from textiles that address the relationship between landscapes, the body, and violence. This volume highlights distinct bodies of her work including sculptures of butchered carcasses, slayed birds, and severed trees. Built with layers of texture, colour, and emotion, these works dive head-first into the tension between beauty and horror, confronting histories of systemic violence and transforming them into utopian environments.
£23.96
Hirmer Verlag VictoriaIdongesit Udondian How Can I Be Nobody
Book SynopsisThis is the first publication to document and contextualize Udondian's creative interrogation of textiles and shifting cultural identities within a global trade system, characterized by transnational movement of goods and people from one part of the world to the other. Victoria-Idongesit Udondian is a contemporary artist whose work is driven by an interest in textiles and the potential for clothing to shape identity, informed by the histories and tacit meanings embedded in everyday materials. She uses these to create interdisciplinary projects that question notions of cultural identity and post-colonial positions in relation to her experiences growing up in Nigeria and her USA-based transnational art practice. Her artworks examine the complexities of migration and racial / cultural identity in the global context.
£25.60
Hirmer Verlag Monika Fioreschy Fields of Flow
Book SynopsisFrom silicone tubes to paint, paper and threads throughout her artistic career stretching back over more than 50 years, Monika Fioreschy has been constantly discovering new forms of expression in the tradition of the art of weaving. In addition to her textile woven pieces, the publication leads through the artist's other, often completely heterogeneous work groups and also presents recent upcycled works created from older objects. Fabric, which usually provides the background for paintings, becomes the object of the picture in Monika Fioreschy's works. Horizontal lines of colour flow through her screened picture spaces, which she always colours and weaves herself. Sometimes these abstractions are broken up by slits or acquire sculptural characteristics because of the silicone tubes, evocatively filled with blood or plant extracts. For her latest works she translates older works with nails and threads to create something new, thereby bringing them into the state of experience of toda
£31.50
Gebruder Mann Verlag Der Tschechoslowakische Werkbund Und Der Werkbund
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£46.55
Gebruder Mann Verlag Musterhaft Naturgetreu: Tiere in Seiden,
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£86.45
Prestel Textiles of Japan: The Thomas Murray Collection
Book SynopsisFrom rugged Japanese firemen's ceremonial robes and austere rural work-wear to colorful, delicately-patterned cotton kimonos, this lavishly illustrated volume explores Japan's rich tradition of textiles. Textiles are an eloquent form of cultural expression and of great importance in the daily life of a people, as well as in their rituals and ceremonies. The traditional clothing and fabrics featured in this book were made and used in the islands of the Japanese archipelago between the late 18th and the mid 20th century. The Thomas Murray collection featured in this book includes daily dress, work-wear, and festival garb and follows the Arts and Crafts philosophy of the Mingei Movement, which saw that modernization would leave behind traditional art forms such as the hand-made textiles used by country people, farmers, and fisherman. It presents subtly patterned cotton fabrics, often indigo dyed from the main islands of Honshu and Kyushu, along with garments of the more remote islands: the graphic bark cloth, nettle fiber, and fish skin robes of the aboriginal Ainu in Hokkaido and Sakhalin to the north, and the brilliantly colored cotton kimonos of Okinawa to the far south. Numerous examples of these fabrics, photographed in exquisite detail, offer insight into Japan's complex textile history as well as inspiration for today's designers and artists. This volume explores the range and artistry of the country's tradition of fiber arts and is an essential resource for anyone captivated by the Japanese aesthetic.
£63.75
Prestel Textiles of India
Book SynopsisDating back to the fifth millennium BCE, India’s rich and vibrant textile tradition boasts an enormous range of techniques and extraordinary level of artistry. Drawn from one of the world’s finest collections of Indian textiles, this book presents a fascinating overview of centuries of artistic production from every corner of India. Each section examines a different region to reveal its distinct textile traditions, patterns, and processes: Patola silks from Gujarat, brocade lampas preserved in Tibetan temples, mordant resist dyed cottons from Indonesia, embroideries from rural Bengal, and silk saris from Murshidabad. The book also delves into the roles that textiles have played in daily life over the centuries, from household and dowry textiles to devotional pieces and exquisite materials crafted for rich patrons. Each object is photographed from multiple angles and reproduced in meticulous detail. Many of the antique pieces featured here are exceedingly rare, which makes this book an invaluable resource. Gorgeously illustrated, this volume makes a stunning gift for anyone interested in the history and craftmanship of one of the world’s oldest textile traditions.
£60.00
Prestel Textiles of Indonesia
Book SynopsisGathered over the course of four decades, the Thomas Murray collection of Indonesian textiles is one of the most important in the world. The objects comprise ritual clothing and ceremonial cloths that tell us much about the traditions of pre-Islamic Indonesian cultures, as well as the influences of regional trade with China, India, the Arab world, and Europe. As with the earlier volume, Textiles of Japan (Prestel, 2018), the book focuses on some of the finest cloths to come out of the archipelago, presenting each object with impeccable photographs. Geographically arranged, this volume pays particular attention to textiles from the Batak and the Lampung region of Sumatra, the Dayak of Borneo, and the Toraja of Sulawesi, as well as rare textiles from Sumba, Timor and other islands. Readers will learn about the intricate traditions of dyeing, weaving, and beading techniques that have been practiced for centuries. Original texts by international experts offer historical context, unspool the mysteries behind ancient iconography, and provide new insights into dating and provenance. At once opulent and scholarly, this book arrives at a moment of growing interest in Southeast Asian culture and carries the imprimatur of one of the art world's leading collectors. Contributors: Lorraine Aragon, Joanna Barrkman, Chris Buckley, Kristal Hale, Valerie Hector, Janet Alison Hoskins, Itie van Hout, Eric Kjellgren, Fiona Kerlogue, Brigitte Khan Majlis, Robyn Maxwell, Thomas Murray, and Sandra Sardjono.
£60.00
Schnell & Steiner Die Bamberger Kaisergewander Im Wandel:
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£60.36
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag Nesa Gschwend - Memories of Textiles
Book SynopsisSwiss artist Nesa Gschwend, born 1959 in St. Gallen, merges traditional crafts, such as embroidery, knitting, and sewing, with avant-garde and performative artistic techniques. Widely recognised as one of Switzerland's most distinguished contemporary artists, her art also combines craft with philosophy. Her textile works, material collages, videos, installations, and participatory performances transform individual lived stories into tangible metaphors for collective memory, for human existence itself. This new book features recent work by Nesa Gschwend. The essays explore her approach and describe her humanistic aspiration to transform existential questions into aesthetic reflection. Text in English and German.
£24.00
Deutscher Verlag Fur Kunstwissenschaft Panni Tartarici: Seidengewebe Aus Asien Im
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£74.25
J.H. Roll Verlag Fritz Griebel. Leidenschaft Fur
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£90.25
Arnoldsche Madame Tricot: Delicatessen
Book SynopsisWith her unique artistic installations, Madame Tricot - real name Dominique Kaehler Schweizer - displaces the viewer into an illusory world of knitted delicacies. Her smokehouses, refrigerators, counters of sausage and cheese, and platters of vegetables and desserts are full of wit and irony. The knitted human heads and anthropomorphic specimens, on the other hand, confront the viewer with the breaking of taboos and surreal allusions. The installation-like staging represents a balancing act of fine art and virtuosic craftsmanship, and draws on the Eat Art movement of the 1960s. The work of the Swiss artist thus repeatedly awakens associations with the work of Daniel Spoerri, Dieter Roth and Fischli/Weiss. Text in English and German.
£23.20
Arnoldsche Historische Spitzen: Die Leopold-Ilke-Sammlung im
Book SynopsisLace was a passion of Leopold Iklé (1838-1922), scion of a Hamburg textile dynasty who successfully produced machine-made embroidery over the course of the industrial boom in St. Gallen around 1900. He exported to England, France and the United States, among other places, at a time when St. Gallen was the market leader in the lace industry. Iklé's collection of handmade European bobbin lace and needlepoint from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century originally served as inspiration for his firm's textile designers. Through his passion for collecting, however, it quickly surpassed the practical demands of a simple pattern collection, and in 1904 he donated it to the Textile Museum St. Gallen. Historische Spitzen provides a comprehensive review as well as highlights of the lace samples in this unique collection. Text in German.
£43.50
Arnoldsche Bente Sætrang
Book SynopsisThis monograph presents the Norwegian artist Bente Sætrang (b. 1946) and her forty years of commitment to the medium of textile. Sætrang is known for her intensive investigation of trompe l'oeil drapery, bold textile printing, monumental abstract colour studies, and juicy charcoal drawings. She was Norway's first professor of textile art, and her political engagement and unique knowledge of colour and textile qualities permeate her work. Through essays, poems, interviews, montages, and rich imagery, this monograph sheds light on the different phases of Sætrang's artistic practice and provides an excellent overview of this exciting artistic work. Text in English and Norwegian. Published to accompany an exhibition at Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (NO), between 22 October and 22 November 2020.
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Arnoldsche In Trockenen Tüchern: Gewebtes und Besticktes aus
Book SynopsisA hundred years after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Museum Fünf Kontinente is showing the special exhibition In trockenen Tüchern! Gewebtes und Besticktes aus dem Osmanischen Reich [A Stitch in Time! Woven and Embroidered Textiles from the Ottoman Empire]. The accompanying publication provides an insight into the different aspects of inhabitants’ life during the Late Ottoman Empire, based on selected textiles and everyday items from the collections of the Museum Fünf Kontinente as well as the private collections of Ther and Middendorf. Together with their rural counterparts featuring woven red and blue patterns, the napkins and hand towels from the 18th to 20th century, artistically embroidered with blossom, fruits, or architectural elements, accompanied people from cradle to grave and bear impressive witness to their craftsmanship. Today these textile objects are a significant part of the cultural legacy of Turkey. Text in German with partial Turkish translation.Table of Contents7 VORWORT Uta Werlich 10 HINWEIS ZU ÜBERSETZUNG UND AUSSPRACHE 11 GUT BETUCHT? TÜCHER IM KONTEXT DER ELITÄREN (SPÄT) OSMANISCHEN ALLTAGSKULTUR Anahita Nasrin Mittertrainer 22 STICKKUNST AUS OSMANISCHER ZEIT 23 OSMANLI DÖNEMINDE ISLEME SANATI Hülya Bilgi 44 GESTICKTES UND GEWEBTES AUF TÜCHERN Beate Kränzle 47 STICKEREIEN 143 WEBTÜCHER 144 PESKIR, DIE VERWANDTEN VOM LANDE – DIE ROTBLAUEN WEBTÜCHER DER TÜRKEI Ulla Ther 166 DIE ›APFELHEMDEN‹ – BESTICKTE KLEIDER AUS ANATOLIEN Ulla Ther 170 BESTICKTE GEBRAUCHSARTIKEL DER OSMANISCHEN PERIODE 171 OSMANLI DÖNEMINDE KULLANILAN ISLEMELI ESYALAR 172 TEXTILTECHNISCHE BEGRIFFE 174 BIBLIOGRAFIE
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Arnoldsche Kari Steihaug
Book SynopsisIn Kari Steihaug’s art, what is overseen plays a major role. The things that have been set aside, unfinished projects, objects that are worn or frayed are all solicitously brought into the light. This is also evident in the materials used by the textile artist: Steihaug’s works feature worn out woollen garments as well as unfinished knitwear. By embracing imperfection, her creations become a counterbalance to the galloping consumer culture of our time, allowing us to see with fresh eyes what surrounds us in everyday life. This book brings together 25 years of her work. Contributions in poetry and prose introduce Steihaug’s work and trace the lines of a diverse and rich practice. With contributions by Monica Aasprong, Ingvill Henmo, Anne Karin Jortveit, Aasne Linnestå, Halvor Nordby, Kjetil Røed, Cecilie Skeide, and Kari Steihaug.Table of Contents13 Foreword Kari Steihaug 21 Banderole to Kari Steihaug Monica Aasprong 75 The Time it Takes Anne Karin Jortveit 107 The Threads in a Work of Love Kjetil Røed 129 Archive: The Unfinished Ones Kari Steihaug 159 Each Garment Holds a Memory Interview by Ingvill Henmo 171 The Weight and the Thread & Tuft Aasne Linnestå 187 The Importance of Presence Cecilie Skeide and Halvor Nordby 225 Appendix
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