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Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Textile arts
Plant dyes are popular with quilters and other craftspeople because they produce soft, attractive colors. This is a complete guide to making and using dyes from a wide variety of plants-acorn to zinnia. For each plant: suitability for dyeing, parts to use, processing, availability, fastness of dye, more. List of suppliers, metric conversion table, bibliography, etc.
Praise for the Build a Bag series: "These books are ideal for those
new to bag making and will help readers grow their bag-making
skills and confidence as they work through the projects. The
plastic templates are a brilliant idea and a great bonus." - The
Sewing Directory New to the highly acclaimed Build a Bag series,
this fantastic new book by Debbie Shore brings you a selection of
15 sensational satchels! The 15 designs are created using the
full-size rigid template contained within the book. It is
easy-to-use, durable, reusable, wipe-clean and perfect for fussy
cutting, plus it is simple to position and use - there is no need
to pin it. The satchels are made using different techniques,
pockets, straps and fastenings to create 15 very different results.
But why stop there? The template can also be used for your own
design variations. As you mix and match the techniques covered
within the book, Debbie gives advice on how to adapt and create
your own unique designs. Each project in the book is explained
using Debbie's friendly style and easy-to-follow step-by-step
photography, and there is also a comprehensive techniques section
and a guide to using the template.
In the ancient city of Kyoto, contemporary artisans and designers
are using heritage techniques and traditional clothing aesthetics
to reinvent wafuku (Japanese clothing, including kimono) for modern
life. Japan Beyond the Kimono explores these shifts, highlighting
developments in the Kyoto fashion industry such as its integration
of digital weaving and printing techniques and the influence of
social media on fashion distribution systems. Through case studies
of designers, artisans, and retailers, Jenny Hall provides a
comprehensive picture of the reasons behind the production and
consumption of these rejuvenated fashion goods. She argues that
conceptualisations of Japanese tradition include innovation and
change, which is vital to understanding how Japanese cultural
heritage is both sustained and evolving. Essential reading for
students and scholars of fashion, anthropology, and Japanese
studies, Jenny Hall's sensory ethnography is the first of its kind,
describing the lived experiences of people in the Kyoto textiles
industry, explaining the renewal of traditional techniques and
styles, and placing them both within contexts such as transnational
'craftscapes' and fast or slow fashion systems.
A hundred years after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Museum
Funf Kontinente is showing the special exhibition In trockenen
Tuchern! 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 Funf 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.
Take a close-up look at far-out fabric designs from the 1960s in
full, cool colors. All the orange, hot pink, and sky blue the era's
most fertile imaginations could conjure. Featured are more than 300
striking swatches from top couture houses in Paris and Milan, bold
flower prints on silk, cotton, and the acetates and polyesters that
helped shape fashion's most eye-popping era.
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