Description
Book SynopsisA general introduction for artists and makers looking to incorporate textiles and textiles techniques into their work. This book introduces you to basic textile techniques and encourages you to experiment with your chosen medium to create your own piece of work. Works by featured artists and designers give you plenty of inspiration, with tips to achieve similar styles and effects. Each section also includes many stimulating ideas for source and reference material. Through colourful images and detail instructions, learn techniques such as transferring images onto fabric, creating fabrics, wireframe construction, 3D wire construction, using a heat tool, materials manipulation, adapting traditional techniques as well as joining, seaming, bonding, layering, mould-making, casting and forming.
Trade ReviewThe projects are amazing and huge fun ... It's an ideal book if you're new to creative textiles, but more experienced stitchers will also a got a lot out of it - and the photos are very inspirational * Workshop on the Web *
A range of projects that offer a general introduction to textile techniques that can realise impressive results * Embroidery *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword 1. Brooch 2. Necklace 3. Flowers 4. Boil-away flowers 5. Casting latex shapes 6. Mixed media panel 7. Bird 8. Heads 9. Story boxes 10. Dead cosy Illustrated glossary
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