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Textile Art
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Wild Women: Stitched Art Brooches by Sarah Lawrence
WAS $14.95 NOW $12.00
Twenty lady shaped art brooches to make and keep; and twenty more to give away! Create the basic shape with a variety of media, then give each one a personality with a variety of gorgeous embellishments.
This book is a real delight - fun and easy to make brooches in a variety of styles and materials. Softcover, 44 pages |
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Textile Translations: mixed media by Maggie Grey
WAS $51.95 NOW $40.00
Everyone loves making sketchbooks and they are even more useful when they provide inspiration and ideas for a series of stitched textiles. This book shows you how to work from design source to finished piece, exploring a variety of mixed media techniques on the journey.
This 80-page book first provides step-by-step instructions through a basic technique. These are followed by exciting ideas for extending the technique.
From backgrounds built-up with gesso and paper to finished pieces using kozo fibres and embossing powder. Learn about heat techniques with felt and gesso, and make painted borders using grungeboard. Just a few of the ideas from the book. |
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Mixed Mania: Recipes for Delicious Mixed Media Creations
WAS $36.95 NOW $29.00
Featuring a wide range of mixed media projects, this outrageously fun craft primer takes a decidedly unstuffy approach to an immense range of art methods. Projects—including art quilts, painting, collage, bookbinding, assemblage, doll making, decoupage, and image transfers—are divided into three main sections: Artistic Appetizers, Creative Main Courses, and Sweet Treats and Special Occasions, with each addressing a different level of time invested and difficulty. Whimsically laid out like recipes, each project includes detailed ingredients (materials), instructions (what to mix and add), and tasting tips (how it should look). Softcover |
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Contrasting Elements by Jae Maries
WAS $45.00 NOW $ 40.00
Well respected textile artist Jae Maries shows how to bring dynamism into your textile work with the use of contrast: contrast in colour, contrast in materials, contrast in imagery.
The techniques explored are very simple and are described through step-by-step instructions which can become the basis for work in greater depth. Paper techniques translate to fabric and stitch and the book's concentration on the use of contrast will electrify your work.
Discover contrasts by painting, cutting, knotting, knitting, weaving, wrapping and stitching. More information....
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Experimental Textiles by Kim Thittichai
WAS $54.95 NOW $40.00
Anyone who stitches and designs will welcome this much-needed work from best-selling author Kim Thittichai. Kim goes to the cutting edge, looking at the latest, most experimental techniques and materials for textile design and practice. Through exercises and inspirational examples from emerging artists, she takes you through the entire process, from finding an original idea to transforming the designs into finished textiles. Paper, felt, recycling, hand stitching, working in 3-D, layering different media, and more make this essential. |
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Stitches, Straps and Layers by Maggie Grey
WAS $51.95 NOW $40.00
In these difficult times, we all need to be more aware of the resources to be found within our cupboards, stashes and workrooms. This book looks at exciting ways of using this treasure trove by building from the bottom up. Backgrounds and layers provide a base for stitch and make the sometimes difficult job of designing textiles much easier. More...
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Stitching the Texture Surface by Lynda Monk and Carol McFee
WAS $49.95 NOW $40.00
Mixed media is such a popular concept and these two authors are masters of their craft. Amazing surfaces are constructed with gesso and molding paste. However, what makes this book unique are the ideas and techniques for colouring and stitching these surfaces. Best of all, you don't need to be an artist as fantastic surfaces grow from stencils and stamps. Whether you are a paper-crafter, book-maker, textile artist or quilter, your work will never be the same. More... |
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Silk Paper for Textile Artists
WAS $39.95 NOW $32.00
The most gorgeous book on silk paper yet! Step by step demonstration of the basic methods. Heaps of examples of the myraid of ways textile artists can create flat and 3-D designs in this medium. from framed articles to jewelry. Sumptuous photographs of the original pieces made specially for this book, along with the photographs and descriptions of the author's exhibition pieces. Softcover, 128pp. |
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Silk Unraveled by Lorna Moffat
WAS $36.95 NOW $29.00
Fabulous ideas for using sari silk ribbon, twist, fibre and fabric. Dramatic projects using tear, fusing, layering and stitching. Bags, kimono, quilts, pillows, curtain, table runner..all in vibrant silk. Step by step photographs, patterns included, everything you need to create vibrant silk pieces. Silk Unraveled is a gift to all of us that have been hoarding our sari silk for just a book such as this. Softcover, 142 pages. |
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Fabric Art Projects by Susan Stein
WAS $39.95 NOW $30.00
Fabric Art Projects shows you how to alter and embellish plain fabric, then use it to create useful and decorative items for fashion and home décor. It is a technique and project book all rolled in one. The project steps teach the technique as part of the process. Readers can use different fabric art techniques to make various projects. |
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