Silk Unraveled: Experiments in Tearing, Fusing, Layering & Stitching
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0964120100
ISBN 13
9780964120105
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Pages
128
Description
Turning the traditional use of silk on its head, this book examines techniques for creating fabulous textural surfaces and blankets of patterns. Based on mainstream embroidery and covering deconstruction and reconstruction of fabric, appliqué, and reverse appliquéall with a contemporary twistthe methodology calls for the manipulation of fabrics with techniques such as ripping silk into strips and fusing and layering it onto other pieces leaving unfinished edges and raveled threads. In addition to featuring 14 step-by-step silk projects that may incorporate the scrap fabrics and loose threads littering countless sewing roomsincluding bags, a coat, pillows, quilts, a table runner, a vest, and wall panelsthe book showcases hundreds of photographs from the artist’s trips to Malaysia and Turkey, as well as highlights her love of her Scottish homeland’s countryside, which served as the inspiration for her bold and experimental craft. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
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Main | 314 | 1 | Yes |