Author: Guy DelmarcelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monarchy
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Golden Weavings
Author: Guy DelmarcelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monarchy
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History
Author: Kassia St. ClairPublisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1631496360
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A Sunday Times (UK) Book of the Year Shortlisted • Society of Authors' Somerset Maugham Award A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week The best-selling author of The Secret Lives of Color returns with this rollicking narrative of the 30,000-year history of fabric, briskly told through thirteen charismatic episodes. From colorful 30,000-year-old threads found on the floor of a Georgian cave to the Indian calicoes that sparked the Industrial Revolution, The Golden Thread weaves an illuminating story of human ingenuity. Design journalist Kassia St. Clair guides us through the technological advancements and cultural customs that would redefi ne human civilization—from the fabric that allowed mankind to achieve extraordinary things (traverse the oceans and shatter athletic records) and survive in unlikely places (outer space and the South Pole). She peoples her story with a motley cast of characters, including Xiling, the ancient Chinese empress credited with inventing silk, to Richard the Lionhearted and Bing Crosby. Offering insights into the economic and social dimensions of clothmaking—and countering the enduring, often demeaning, association of textiles as “merely women’s work”—The Golden Thread offers an alternative guide to our past, present, and future.
Golden Threads for Life's Weaving
Author: Mrs. O. F. WaltonEncountering Medieval Textiles and Dress
Author: D. KoslinPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137083948
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
In this wide-ranging study of costume history contributors explore fashion, textiles, and the representation of clothing in the middle ages. Essays combine the perspectives of archaeology, art history, economics, religion, costume history, material culture, and literary criticism and explore materials from England, France, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Germany, Italy, and Ireland. The collection focuses on multiple aspects of textiles and dress - their making, meaning, and representation - and explores the impact of international trade and other forms of cultural exchange.
Golden Spider Silk
Author: Simon PeersThe Big Book of Weaving
Author: Laila LundellPublisher:
ISBN: 9781570766862
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The fascinating subject of handweaving is fully explored in this reference, which covers basic subjects such as warping a loom and making bobbins of weft, as well as more elaborate, highly decorative projects. Patterns are arranged by varying levels of difficulty and design so beginners and experienced weavers alike will discover new insights and concepts. Among the 40 step-by-step projects included in this volume are designs for baby blankets, shawls, table cloths, and linen hand towels.
Weaving the Golden Thread Through 125 Stories
Author: Sonia OrchardPublisher:
ISBN: 9780648592716
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Making Handmade Books
Author: Alisa J. GoldenPublisher: Union Square & Company
ISBN: 9781600595875
Category : Book design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Materials & methods, Folded books, Simply glued, Simply sewn, Scrolls & accordions, Movable books, The codex, Codex variations, Envelopes & portfolios, Cover techniques, Boxes & slipcases, Ideas & concepts - Table des matières
Tapestry Weaving
Author: Joanne SorokaPublisher: Crowood
ISBN: 1785000659
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Tapestries were among the most prestigious of art forms, created for the mightiest in the land and valued for centuries. Despite its illustrious history, tapestry weaving is actually a simple technique that requires little equipment or expenditure, and can be done anywhere. Written by a prominent tapestry weaver, this lavishly illustrated book gently leads you through the whole process with detailed diagrams and exciting work by contemporary weavers. It will be useful to the absolute beginner, but experienced weavers will also find new ideas and techniques to tempt and inspire them. The book includes a step-by-step guide to setting up a small frame loom and starting to weave; basic and more advanced techniques, and how to create shapes and textures; advice on taking your work into the third dimension, whether bas relief or fully sculptural; information on the qualities of different materials and how they can be used to create the effects you want; and design ideas for tapestry and how to follow supplied designs. This will be an essential source book for experienced and novice weavers, and is beautifully illustrated with 190 colour illustrations and diagrams.
Author: Guy Delmarcel