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Tweed
(Paperback)
Fiona Anderson
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R1,167
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The story of tweed is tied to a series of social, economic and
cultural shifts that have molded its development. This book
considers the historical factors that helped to shape the design
characteristics and social meanings of the group of fabrics that we
call tweed, from their emergence in the 1820s to the present day.
Including significant new research on tweeds, from Harris Tweed to
the type used by Chanel, this book follows the history of these
fabrics from the raw fiber to the finished garment in men's and
women's fashion. Exploring rural and urban contexts, this book
reveals the important physical and conceptual relationships of
tweed with landscape. Anderson shows that, contrary to their strong
popular associations with tradition, tweeds emerged in the Romantic
era as a response to the dramatic changes associated with
industrialization and urbanization. Progressive changes in gender
relations are also explored as a major factor in tweed's evolution,
from associations with particular ideals of masculinity into what
is now a truly adaptable fashion textile worn by both sexes. This
is the first book of its kind to recognize the importance of tweed
to fashion innovation today.
This is the first publication on a remarkable collection of
sixty-six outstanding Pueblo and Navajo textiles donated to the
Peabody Museum in the 1980s by William Claflin, Jr., a prominent
Boston businessman, avocational anthropologist, and patron of
Southwestern archaeology. Claflin bequeathed to the museum not only
these beautiful textiles, but also his detailed accounts of their
collection histories--a rare record of the individuals who had
owned or traded these weavings before they found a home in his
private museum. Textile scholar Laurie Webster tells the stories of
the weavings as they left their native Southwest and traveled
eastward, passing through the hands of such owners and traders as a
Ute Indian chief, a New England schoolteacher, a renowned artist,
and various military officers and Indian agents. Her concise
overview of Navajo and Pueblo weaving traditions is enhanced by the
reflections of noted artist and Navajo textile expert Tony Berlant
in his foreword to the text.
An essential guide to the techniques and traditional craft of hand
weaving. This practical and inspirational book is perfect for
beginners who want to learn the techniques of the traditional craft
of hand weaving. Step-by-step instructions show you how to weave on
a frame loom, including changing yarns, mastering curves and using
interlocking to create intricate patterns. There is also advice on
spinning, dyeing yarns, designing your work, incorporating found
objects, and constructing your own simple looms. Written by an
experienced weaving teacher, this book contains all you need to
know to get started on weaving beautiful objects, and includes
projects to make your own 'weavelets', purses and wall tapestries.
This book features the original sample collection and handwritten
drafts of the talented, early 20th century weaver, Bertha Gray
Hayes of Providence, Rhode Island. She designed and wove miniature
overshot patterns for four-harness looms that are creative and
unique. The book contains color reproductions of 72 original sample
cards and 20 recently discovered patterns, many shown with a
picture of the woven sample, and each with computer-generated
drawdowns and drafting patterns. Her designs are unique in their
asymmetry and personal in her use of name drafting to create the
designs. Bertha Hayes attended the first nine National Conferences
of American Handweavers (1938-1946). She learned to weave by
herself through the Shuttle-Craft home course and was a charter
member of the Shuttle-Craft Guild, and authored articles on
weaving.
In Caribbean history, the European colonial plantocracy created a
cultural diaspora in which African slaves were torn from their
ancestral homeland. In order to maintain vital links to their
traditions and culture, slaves retained certain customs and
nurtured them in the Caribbean. The creation of lace-bark cloth
from the lagetta tree was a practice that enabled slave women to
fashion their own clothing, an exercise that was both a necessity,
as clothing provisions for slaves were poor, and empowering, as it
allowed women who participated in the industry to achieve some
financial independence. This is the first book on the subject and,
through close collaboration with experts in the field including
Maroon descendants, scientists and conservationists, it offers a
pioneering perspective on the material culture of Caribbean slaves,
bringing into focus the dynamics of race, class and gender.
Focussing on the time period from the 1660s to the 1920s, it
examines how the industry developed, the types of clothes made, and
the people who wore them. The study asks crucial questions about
the social roles that bark cloth production played in the
plantation economy and colonial society, and in particular explores
the relationship between bark cloth production and identity amongst
slave women.
In an era of increasingly available digital resources, many textile
designers and makers find themselves at an interesting juncture
between traditional craft processes and newer digital technologies.
Highly specialized craft/design practitioners may now elect to make
use of digital processes in their work, but often choose not to
abandon craft skills fundamental to their practice, and aim to
balance the complex connection between craft and digital processes.
The essays collected here consider this transition from the
viewpoint of aesthetic opportunity arising in the textile
designer's hands-on experimentation with material and digital
technologies available in the present. Craft provides the
foundations for thinking within the design and production of
textiles, and as such may provide some clues in the transition to
creative and thoughtful use of current and future digital
technologies. Within the framework of current challenges relating
to sustainable development, globalization, and economic constraints
it is important to interrogate and question how we might go about
using established and emerging technologies in textiles in a
positive manner.
This wide-ranging book elucidates the symbolism of veils and
highlights the power of drapery in Italian art from Giotto to
Titian. In the cities of the Renaissance, display of luxury dress
was a marker of status. Florentines decked out their palaces and
streets with textiles for public rituals. But cloths are also the
stuff of fantasy: throughout the book, the author moves from the
material to the metaphorical. Curtains and veils, swaddling and
shrouds, evoke associations with birth and death. The central
chapters address the sculpture of Ghiberti and Donatello, focusing
on how they deployed drapery to dramatic effect. In the final
chapters the focus shifts to the paintings of Bellini, Lotto, and
Titian, where drapery both clothes the figures and composes the
picture. In the work of Titian, the veiled presence of the body is
absorbed within the materials of oil-paint on canvas: medium and
subject become one.
Prepare for a Career in TEXTILES with Confidence! Sara Kadolph's
Textiles provides students with a comprehensive, basic knowledge of
textiles. This beautiful book, filled with full-color photos and
illustrations, examines the interrelationships among fibers, yarns,
fabrics, and finishes and discusses how they impact product
performance. Organized according to the textile production process,
the text gives students a solid understanding of textile components
and how they work together. New activities and case studies bring
the text to life and facilitate group activities. A timeless
resource for any professional in the industry, the Twelfth Edition
has been updated to discuss sustainability, technological advances,
and new career opportunities in the textile industry.
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