Textile Travels (Hardcover)

An evocative exploration of how travel - local and far away - can inform, inspire and enhance textile art. Travel has always featured heavily in textile art, from artists’ ‘travelling sketchbooks’ to large-scale installations mapping coastal erosion or the effects of climate change. In this book, renowned textile artist Anne Kelly shows how to capture your travels, past and present, in stitch, with practical techniques sitting alongside inspiring images. She begins the book by discussing maps in textile art, including their iconography as well as incorporating actual maps into textile work. She then goes on to explore the influence of different cultures from across the globe on textile art. From India and Peru to Scotland and Scandinavia, the book shows how to harness traditional techniques, fabrics, motifs and colours for use in your own work. The chapter ‘Stopping Places’ captures the moments in time on a journey that can be distilled, remembered and documented to create stitched postcards, sketchbooks and other pieces. The final chapter, ‘Space and the Imagination’, explores the possibilities of space travel as a source of inspiration, and covers inner space too, with artists mapping their own emotional journeys. Including a wealth of practical tricks and techniques as well as exquisite photography of both Anne’s own work and that of other leading textile artists, this fascinating book will inspire all textile artists, embroiderers and makers to use past travels to influence their work.

General

Imprint:	Batsford
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2020
Authors:	Anne Kelly
Dimensions:	276 x 216 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	128
ISBN-13:	978-1-84994-564-6
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Textile arts > General Promotions
LSN:	1-84994-564-0
Barcode:	9781849945646

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